{"product_id":"bxosbd-smoke-and-ashes-opiums-hidden-histories-9781250371874","title":"Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGhosh unravels the impact of the opium trade on global history and in his own family?the climax of a yearslong project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to learn how the lives of the nineteenth-century sailors and soldiers he wrote about were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising of all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history were swept up in the story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSmoke and Ashes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis at once a travelogue, a memoir, and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research. In it, Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India, and China, as well as the world at large. The trade was engineered by the British Empire, which exported Indian opium to sell to China to redress their great trade\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43497873735886,"sku":"9781250371874","price":49.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781250371874_a.png?v=1777512195","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxosbd-smoke-and-ashes-opiums-hidden-histories-9781250371874","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}