Author: Farooqui Amar
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Three Essays collective
Year: 2012
Volume: The coe 8
Pages: 111
ISBN: 81-88789-42-9
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Early Victorian Bombay
Classification: 380
Shelf: C5R5
Accession No: B689
Contents: Introduction Bombay: A Colonial Port in Search of Business Bombay and the Trade in Malwa Opium Urban Development in Early Victorian Bombay Bibliography and Appendices
Abstract: *Opium City: The Making of Early Victorian Bombay* examines the economic and urban transformation of Bombay in the early Victorian era, focusing on its rise as a key colonial port shaped by the opium trade. Centering on the Malwa opium network, the study highlights how this trade influenced Bombay’s commercial success, urban planning, labor migration, and infrastructure. It reveals the roles played by merchants, financiers, and colonial officials in embedding the city into global markets. Drawing on archival and spatial analysis, the work presents Bombay as a city built on imperial commerce and concludes with detailed bibliographic and documentary support.