Markets of Pain : Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers.

Markets of Pain offers an account of the global drug trade in the twentieth century, focusing on the transformation of opium from a colonial commodity into a modern resource for the American and European pharmaceutical industries. Challenging simplistic ideas of licit and illicit drugs in the twenti...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Siegel, Benjamin Robert
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Markets of Pain offers an account of the global drug trade in the twentieth century, focusing on the transformation of opium from a colonial commodity into a modern resource for the American and European pharmaceutical industries. Challenging simplistic ideas of licit and illicit drugs in the twentieth century, it reveals how the modern global drug regime was formed by India and Turkey's navigation of the international anti-opium movement, the rise of the pharmaceutical industry, and the complex relationship between agriculture, medicine, and global capitalism.
Umfang:
1 online resource (362 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-752784-1
0-19-752783-3
9780197527832
Schlagworte:
Opium trade > History.
Opium > Economic aspects > History.
Analgesics > Economic aspects > History.
Analgesics industry > History.
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