Opium’s Long Shadow
| Author | : Steffen Rimner |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2018-11-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674976306 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674976304 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Opium’s Long Shadow by : Steffen Rimner
Download or read book Opium’s Long Shadow written by Steffen Rimner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1920 the League of Nations Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs captured eight decades of political turmoil over opium trafficking. Steffen Rimner shows how local protests crossed imperial, national, and colonial boundaries to harness naming and shaming in international politics—a deterrent that continues today.
