Project Gutenberg 2010-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 470 La Motte, Ellen N. (Ellen Newbold) 1873 1961 Motte, Ellen N. la (Ellen Newbold) La Motte, Ellen Newbold 20002983 The Opium Monopoly E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "The Opium Monopoly" by Ellen N. La Motte is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the complex issues surrounding the opium trade, focusing particularly on the role of Great Britain in the opium monopoly and its implications for various countries, including India and China. La Motte's examination is rooted in a mixture of personal experiences and extensive research, aiming to shed light on the moral and economic ramifications of the opium traffic. At the start of the narrative, the author recounts her initial ignorance about the opium trade, transformed by a conversation with a young Hindu on a ship to Japan who passionately criticizes British opium policies in India. This encounter sparks her investigation into the subject, which leads her to discover the British government's integral role in fostering the opium trade within its colonies. She describes visiting opium shops and dens in various parts of the Far East, unveiling a systematic government-supported industry that profits from the addiction and degradation of colonized peoples. The opening portion sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the global ramifications of the opium monopoly and the ethical dilemmas posed by colonialism and drug addiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Opium trade HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Browsing: Sociology 173213 171793 2024-09-14T07:33:44.524440 2023-09-14T12:08:20.345080 text/html text/html 169472 2010-08-20T23:24:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 255594 2010-08-20T23:29:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 325215 2024-09-14T07:33:50.103390 application/epub+zip 326209 2024-09-14T07:33:46.183586 application/epub+zip 103750 2024-09-14T07:33:45.197448 application/epub+zip 457519 2024-09-14T07:33:52.784436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440534 2024-09-14T07:33:49.202403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218123 2022-09-15T10:08:38.443550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138588 138376 2024-09-14T07:33:43.832440 2023-09-14T12:08:19.669055 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 138239 2010-08-20T23:19:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51470 2010-08-20T23:19:11 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138250 2010-08-20T23:19:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51461 2010-08-20T23:19:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20421 2024-09-14T07:33:52.921361 application/rdf+xml 13207 2024-09-14T07:33:45.554446 image/jpeg 3492 2024-09-14T07:33:45.375390 image/jpeg 302042 2024-09-14T07:33:44.547423 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia