A Brief History of Cocaine
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A Brief History of Cocaine

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Brief History of Cocaine

About this book

A Brief History of Cocaine, Second Edition provides a fascinating historical insight into the reasons why cocaine use is increasing in popularity and why the rise of the cocaine trade is tightly linked with the rise of terrorism The author illustrates the challenges faced by today's governments and explains why current anti-drug efforts have had on

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781138426924
eBook ISBN
9781420036350
Edition
2
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Preface to the First Edition
  3. Preface to the Second Edition
  4. Acknowledgments, First Edition
  5. Acknowledgments, Second Edition
  6. The Author
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Inca and Spanish Conquests
  10. 2. “Joyfulle News”
  11. 3. Botanists, Naturalists, and Pedestrians
  12. 4. Celebrity Endorsements
  13. 5. A Cholo of Huarai
  14. 6. Genies and Furies
  15. 7. Death by Misadventure
  16. 8. A New Disease Emerges
  17. 9. Coca Java
  18. 10. A Beautiful White Powder
  19. 11. The First Cocaine Cartels
  20. 12. Risky Business
  21. 13. The "Legitimate Business of Poisoning Hindoos"
  22. 14. Harpies in the West End
  23. 15. Japan’s Adventures in the Cocaine Trade
  24. 16. Cocaine Pandemic?
  25. Afterword
  26. Further Reading
  27. Index