The aim is to explore the historical relationship between opium, capitalism, and the development of painkillers.
Conducted archival work across India, Turkey, and the United States.
Synthesized large bodies of secondary literature related to the topic.
Highlights the complex role of opium in the evolution of capitalism.
Reveals insights on the global history of pain management and painkillers.
Abstract
Benjamin Siegel has gifted us a masterpiece. Drawing on archival work conducted across India, Turkey, and the United States and synthesising several large bodies of secondary literature, Markets of...