(Cover image of Empires of Vice, from an opium ledger for French Indochina, 1899-1908. Source: FM/INDO NF/88) The prohibition of opium across Southeast Asia was a great transformation in the history of modern empires and colonial state building. In dialogue with ongoing discussions on state capacity and archives as evidence in HPE research, this post … Continue reading Opium, Empire, and the Symbolic Capacity of Bureaucratic States
Opium, Empire, and the Symbolic Capacity of Bureaucratic States
