Smoke and ashes : (Record no. 15488)
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| fixed length control field | 01680 a2200241 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 11486 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | IN-BhIIT |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260527200643.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789362136220 (hbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IN-BhIIT |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 915.4 |
| Book number | GHO |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Ghosh, Amitav |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Smoke and ashes : |
| Sub Title | a writer’s journey through opium’s hidden histories / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Amitav Ghosh |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Haryana : |
| Name of publisher | Fourth Estate India, |
| Year of publication | 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vii, 397 p. : |
| Other physical details(ill.) | ill. ; |
| Dimensions(size) | 20 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, a memoir and an excursion into history, both economic and cultural. Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India and China, as well as on the world at large. Engineered by the British Empire, which exported opium from India to sell in China, the trade and its revenues were essential to the Empire’s survival. Upon deeper exploration, Ghosh finds opium at the origins of some of the world’s biggest corporations, several of America’s most powerful families and institutions, and contemporary globalism itself. In India the long-term consequences were even more profound.<br/><br/>Moving deftly between horticultural histories, the mythologies of capitalism and the social and cultural repercussions of colonialism, Smoke and Ashes reveals the pivotal role one small plant has played in the making of the world as we know it – a world that is now teetering on the edge of catastrophe. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Opium trade |
| Form subdivision | History |
| Topical Term | Travel writing |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Not withdrawn | Not Lost | not damaged | GEN | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | Central Library, IIT Bhubaneswar | 13/03/2026 | 33 | 374.25 | 915.4 GHO | 11486 | 499.00 | 13/03/2026 | General Books |