Empire of Crime: Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire by Tim Newark

Empire of Crime: Opium and the Rise of Organized Crime in the British Empire

Tim Newark

272 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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Sometimes the best intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as th...

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