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Empire on the Cheap: The Control of Opium Smoking in the Straits Settlements, 1925–1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2006

HARUMI GOTO-SHIBATA
HARUMI GOTO-SHIBATA
Affiliation:
Chiba University, Japan
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Abstract

Already between 40 and 50 percent of the military contribution is derived from the sale of opium. I say nothing about the Imperial Government thus drawing any revenue from what it is committed to regard as a tainted source.

Type
Research Article
Information
Modern Asian Studies , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 59 - 80
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

An earlier version of this article was published in Japanese in Rekishigaku Kenkyu (no. 785, February 2004), but has been thoroughly revised after several presentations in England. The author is grateful for those who offered precious comments on various occasions.