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Cocaine: Global Histories Hardcover - 1999 - 1st Edition
by Paul Gootenberg (Editor)
Summary
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 London Cocaine unveils new primary sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations to shed light on cocaine's hidden history.
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Cocaine made its first appearance in the United States during the 1880s, when physicians first interested themselves in the drug's therapeutic potential.
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- Title Cocaine: Global Histories
- Author Paul Gootenberg (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, London ; New York
- Date 1999-09-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780415192477 / 0415192471
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.62 x 6.14 x 0.93 in (24.43 x 15.60 x 2.36 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Cocaine - History, Cocaine abuse - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99019400
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.298
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