{"product_id":"the-peasant-production-of-opium-rolf-bauer-9789004385177","title":"The Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2019 Michael Mitterauer-Prize for best monograph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Peasant Production of Opium in Nineteenth-Century India\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering work about the more than one million peasants who produced opium for the colonial state in nineteenth-century India. Based on a profound empirical analysis, Rolf Bauer not only shows that the peasants cultivated poppy against a substantial loss but he also reveals how they were coerced into the production of this drug. By dissecting the economic and social power relations on a local level, this study explains how a triangle of debt, the colonial state's power and social dependencies in the village formed the coercive mechanisms that transformed the peasants into opium producers. The result is a book that adds to our understanding of peasant economies in a colonial context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rolf Bauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004385177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004385177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Rolf Bauer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148330934527,"sku":"9789004385177","price":168.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peasant-production-of-opium-rolf-bauer-9789004385177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}