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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Newark, Timothy.     Subjects     Organized crime -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.     Organized crime -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Newark, Timothy.       by title:      Empire of crime : op...       by call number:      364.106 N532e     Search the Web     Newark, Timothy.     Organized crime -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.     Organized crime -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Empire of crime : opium and the rise of organized crime in the British Empire / Tim Newark. by Newark, Timothy. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. Call #: 364.106 N532e Subjects Organized crime -- Colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.   Organized crime -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781510723467 (hc.) Edition:  1st Skyhorse Publishing ed. Description:  268 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-265) and index. Summary:  "Sometimes the best of intentions can have the worst results. In 1908, British reformers banned the export of Indian opium to China. As a result, the world price of opium soared to a new high, and a century of lucrative drug smuggling began. Just as the banning of alcohol in America during Prohibition made illicit fortunes for the mafia and other gangsters, organized criminals grew rich on the trade of illegal narcotics throughout the British Empire. [...] The book shows how gangsters exploited the Empire's global trade routes to establish criminal networks across the world. In many ways, these early drug dealers were the forerunners of today's cartels." -- From book jacket. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.106 N532e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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