Cocaine
Global Histories
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ISBN-13:
9780415192477
Veröffentl:
1999
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.09.1999
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Paul Gootenberg
Gewicht:
490 g
Format:
244x156x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Cocaine examines the rise and fall of this notorious substance from its legitimate use by scientists and medics in the nineteenth century to the international prohibitionist regimes and drug gangs of today. Themes explored include: * Amsterdam's complex cocaine culture* the manufacture, sale and control of cocaine in the United States* Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industry* export of cocaine prohibitions to Peru* sex, drugs and race in early modern LondonCocaine unveils new primary sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations to shed light on cocaine's hidden history.
Notes on contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgments, I Introduction: cocaine: the hidden histories, PART I Amer-Andean connections (the United States, Peru), PART II European axis, Asian circuits (Gennany, Britain, the Netherlands andJava, Japan), PART III The new American nexus (CoiolDbia, Mexico), Bibliography, Index
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