Posted on: 5 March 2014

Digital Rare Book:
An Essay on the Opium Trade - Including a sketch of its history, extent, effects, etc., as carried on in India and China.
By Nathan Allen
Published by James P.Walker, London - 1853

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Image:
Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta.
Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.

Credit: Wellcome Library, London


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An interesting and very enjoyable book (fiction) by Amitav Ghosh, 'Sea of Poppies' uses the opium trade as the backdrop.

There was another Factory for processing Bengal Opium at Ghazipur

And one in my town apparently :) http://www.ediblegeography.com/the-architecture-of-opium-production/

I was disappointed by Sea of Poppies, Read Julia lovells Opium Wars

WHITE man cut a box inside the Bibles . hide the opium took to china. refer to GUN BOATS AND GOOD DEEDS

Bibhash Gupta, Sir, the Ghazipur Opium Factory is still there presently, though, now, run by the Government of India.

The Dark Ages of India :(

nice

The Dark Ages of India?!? The Dark Ages of the Britis Empire! They make the money on poor chinese people who were addicted with the opium!

awesome pic..

Sameer Khan, Sir, thank you for the suggestion. I have hust placed a order for this book with Amazon, India. Looking forward to reading it. :D

English fought the opium war.and won.they sold opium to chinese.zhenjing treaty.they took hongkong.