Smoke and ashes : opium's hidden histories
Record details
- ISBN: 0374602921
- ISBN: 9780374602925
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Physical Description:
398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in 2023 by Fourth Estate, India, as Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey Through Opium's Hidden Histories. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Here be dragons -- Seeds -- 'An actor in its own right' -- Frenemies -- The opium department -- Big brother -- Visions -- Family story -- Malwa - East and west -- Diasporas -- Boston brahmins -- American stories -- Guangzhou -- The sea-calming tower -- Pillar of empire -- Parallels -- Portents. |
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Subject: | Great Britain Commerce History India Commerce History China Commerce History Opium trade History Ghosh, Amitav 1956- Family Ghosh, Amitav 1956- Travel |
Genre: | Travel writing. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 338.4736 GHOSH 2024 (Text) | 0001012544347 | Nonfiction New | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | 338.473 GHO (Text) | 33042004950419 | River Collection | Available | - |
Ray County Library | 338.4736 GHO (Text) | 2910053913 | New Non-Fiction | Available | - |