Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire: Malaria, Opium, and British Rule in India, 1756-1895: Malaria, Opium, and British Rule in India, 1756D1895

by Paul C Winther (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2003

  $178.99

  Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire presents the recorded facts of alleged medical use of opium in colonial India and British examination and the ultimate acceptance of this practice. Placing the opium controversy in its broad context, the book sheds light on British diplomatic methods for prolonging colonial rule.