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Smoke and ashes opium's hidden histories

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enor...

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Main Author: Ghosh, Amitav, 1956- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Opium trade > History.
China > Commerce > History.
India > Commerce > History.
Great Britain > Commerce > History.
Ghosh, Amitav, > 1956- > Travel.
Travel writing.
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Table of Contents:
  • Here be dragons
  • Seeds
  • 'An actor in its own right'
  • Frenemies
  • The Opium Department
  • Big brother
  • Visions
  • Family story
  • Malwa
  • East and West
  • Diasporas
  • Boston Brahmins
  • American stories
  • Guangzhou
  • The sea-calming tower
  • Pillar of empire
  • Parallels
  • Portents.

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