9. Britain, China, & the Opium Trade - Opium as a Commodity Pt. 2, 1600s-1800s (Season 1.3)

This episode, the second of two exploring opium as a commodity, focuses on the British role in the opium trade in the 1700-1800s and an overview of the market as we head into the 1900s. I focus on the expansion of the British in India, the Opium Wars, the opium trade overall, and how this sets the stage for prohibition. 

 

Suggested podcasts:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00776k9
• https://jorschneider.com/2018/11/02/when-trade-wars-turned-bloody-the-opium-war-with-stephen-platt/
• https://soundcloud.com/teacupmedia/chp-006-the-opium-war
• Throughline Hong Kong episode 
• More on Chinese perspective? 
• Book: Imperial Twilight by Stephen Platt for context leading up to and through the first Opium War