The Global Career of Indian Opium and Local Destinies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5673116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amar Farooqui (University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 52-73 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Almanack (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2236-4633 • E-ISSN: 2236-4633 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/2236-463320161404 |
| OpenAlex | W2562686780 |
| SCIELO_PID | S2236-46332016000300052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
As is well known, opium was a major colonial commodity. It was linked to trade in several other commodities of the modern era such as tea, sugar and cotton and through these to Atlantic the slave trade. The movement of these commodities across continents shaped capitalism in very specific ways. In the case of India, for instance, earnings from the several components of the opium enterprise played an important role in the growth of industrial capitalism. This paper looks at the historical circumstances in which various localities and regions of the Indian subcontinent, especially western India, and the Indian Ocean became part of the opium enterprise during the early nineteenth century. It attempts to understand the manner in which local destinies were linked to the global, reinforcing and/or resisting British imperial interests. For this purpose I have chosen the port of Daman, on the West Coast of India as a representative example. Daman (Damaõ) was a Portuguese colony. The paper pays close attention to political processes at the local level so as to make sense of global patterns of trade in a commodity that was vital for sustaining the British Empire
Ancient history · Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Capitalism · Colonialism · Commodity · Commodity market · Earnings · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Geography · Indian subcontinent · Market economy · Opium · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Port (circuit theory · Portuguese · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
Between Empires
Sweetness and power
Opium and Empire
The Chronicles of the East India Company Trading to China, 1635-1834
Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India
British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-42
The “Shadow Empire” of Goa in the Bay of Bengal
Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
British Annexation of Sind in 1843
The Third Portuguese Empire 1825-1975
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |