Imperial Intoxication: Alcohol and the Making of Colonial Indochina 9780824866914
Making liquor isn’t rocket science: some raw materials, a stove, and a few jury-rigged pots are all that’s really needed
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Usage and Sources
Introduction
1. Inheritances
2. A Scientific Monopoly
3. Fiscal Logics
4. The Limits of Sovereignty
5. The Great Service
6. Oppression, Resistance, Rebellion
7. The Political Economy of Alcohol
8. Evolutions
Epilogue
Appendix One: Ingredients in Chinese Ferment
Appendix Two: Alcohol Use in Upland Regions
Appendix Three: The Fontaine Group
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Usage and Sources
Introduction
1. Inheritances
2. A Scientific Monopoly
3. Fiscal Logics
4. The Limits of Sovereignty
5. The Great Service
6. Oppression, Resistance, Rebellion
7. The Political Economy of Alcohol
8. Evolutions
Epilogue
Appendix One: Ingredients in Chinese Ferment
Appendix Two: Alcohol Use in Upland Regions
Appendix Three: The Fontaine Group
Notes
Bibliography
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Gerard Sasges (editor)
- David P. Chandler (editor)
- Rita Smith Kipp (editor)
