The South American coca plant was established in 19th-century Britain as a medical product before it became a globally restricted drug. Drawing on botanical, economic, pharmaceutical, social, and political perspectives, Kim Embrey analyses how the use and perception of coca changed as it was transferred to Europe. In a process of Ā»cultural dissimilationĀ«, coca was not simply adopted, but embedded into new medical, social, and scientific contexts. The study shows how a plant from the Andes was repositioned in British modernity.
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Coca and the Victorians
From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835ā1912
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From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835ā1912
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter I: From Incan to Imperial Leaf
- Chapter II: The Transatlantic Coca Trade
- Chapter III: Marketing a Marvel
- Chapter IV: Coca as CrowdāPleaser?!
- Chapter V: Restrictive Regulations
- Addendum: The Career of Vegetable Narcotics
- Conclusion
- Essay: A Study of Coca Historiography
- Bibliography
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