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Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire - Malaria, Opium, and British Rule in India, 1756D1895 (Hardcover, New)
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Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire - Malaria, Opium, and British Rule in India, 1756D1895 (Hardcover, New)
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A fascinating and intricately woven tale of opium trade,
evangelism, scientific discovery and political intrigue,
Anglo-European Science and the Rhetoric of Empire: Malaria, Opium
and British Rule in India 1756-1895 documents the contribution of a
medical misconception to the preservation of British Rule in India.
British authorities, desperate to shield the India-China Opium
Trade from the escalating criticism of Christian evangelists and
missionaries, endorsed the claim that opium prevented and cured
malaria. This scientific validation of a vital source of revenue
helped decimate the anti-opiumist movement, allowing the Indian
government to vastly expand poppy cultivation in the name of both
economic prosperity and public health. In this thoroughly
researched and immensely readable history, author Paul Winther
provides a revealing look at the complex and often unexpected
negotiations that enable scientific authority to legitimize
political and economic gain.
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