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A History of Cocaine: The Mystery of Coca Java And the Kew Plant [Paperback]

Steven B. Karch (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1853155470 | ISBN-13: 978-1853155475 | Publication Date: June 2003 | Edition: 1

An exploration of the important role of the Netherlands and Indonesia to the cocaine industry at the turn of the last century. It contains annotated translations of three rare, previously untranslated late-19th and early-20th century books on the chemistry, botany and economics of the cocaine industry. One of the translations deals entirely with the Indonesian cocaine trade and contains a detailed account of coca cultivation in Java. The other two translations include general histories of the industry but are written from different perspectives. The work should be of interest to toxicologists, criminalists and forensic experts, as well as to the general reader.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine; 1 edition (June 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1853155470
ISBN-13: 978-1853155475
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
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Madre de Dios, Emma Reens, Santa Ana, New York, British India, United States, French Codex, Richard Spruce, Rio Negro, San Gaban, Santa Cruz, Sierra Indians, League of Nations, Rio Beni, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, University of Paris, Coca Java, Department of Agriculture, Joseph de Jussieu, New Granada, Professor Perrot, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Monzon, Rio Paucartambo, Rio Urubamba

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Lectures on the Philosophy of World History (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on page 1

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