Opium Inc: How Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire

Opium Inc: How Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire - Thomas Manuel [epub]

This is the story of the world's biggest drug deal.

In the 19th century, the British East India Company operated a triangle of trade that straddled the globe, running from India to China to Britain. From India to China, they took opium. From China to Britain, they took tea. From Britain to India, they brought empire. It was a machine that consumed cheap Indian land and labor and spat out money.

273 pages, Hardcover
Published August 31, 2021