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Editorial Reviews
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Cocaine history is back, and more sophisticated than ever. Cocaine is an important resource for anyone interested in drug history and politics, and an indispensable one for those who would understand cocaine in global context.
–David Courtwright, University of North Florida
Cocaine:Global Histories includes a discussion of the United States experience (by Spillane himself) but also describes the experience of several other societies, past and present..
–Philip Jenkins The Journal of American History
I...strongly recommend this text for reading by any serious student of the cocaine dilemma.
–Pharmacy in History
Product Description
Originally a medical miracle, cocaine is now a dangerous pariah. Drawing on exciting international perspectives, Cocaine analyzes and rethinks the origins of the modern drug. For the first time a book brings together the world's leading writers on the history of cocaine. Themes explored include: the manufacture, sale, and control of cocaine in the United States; Amsterdam's complex cocaine culture; Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industry; export of cocaine prohibitions to Peru; and sex, drugs and race in London. Cocaine unveils new sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations that reveal cocaine's hidden history.
Contributors: Luis Astorga, H. Richard Friman, Paul Gootenberg, Steven B. Karch, Marek Kohn, Marcel de Kort, Ethan Nadelmann, Mary Roldán, and Joseph F. Spillane.
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Cocaine history is back, and more sophisticated than ever. Cocaine is an important resource for anyone interested in drug history and politics, and an indispensable one for those who would understand cocaine in global context.
–David Courtwright, University of North Florida
Cocaine:Global Histories includes a discussion of the United States experience (by Spillane himself) but also describes the experience of several other societies, past and present..
–Philip Jenkins The Journal of American History
I...strongly recommend this text for reading by any serious student of the cocaine dilemma.
–Pharmacy in History
Product Description
Originally a medical miracle, cocaine is now a dangerous pariah. Drawing on exciting international perspectives, Cocaine analyzes and rethinks the origins of the modern drug. For the first time a book brings together the world's leading writers on the history of cocaine. Themes explored include: the manufacture, sale, and control of cocaine in the United States; Amsterdam's complex cocaine culture; Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industry; export of cocaine prohibitions to Peru; and sex, drugs and race in London. Cocaine unveils new sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations that reveal cocaine's hidden history.
Contributors: Luis Astorga, H. Richard Friman, Paul Gootenberg, Steven B. Karch, Marek Kohn, Marcel de Kort, Ethan Nadelmann, Mary Roldán, and Joseph F. Spillane.
See all Editorial Reviews
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 82 books Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: crude cocaine, licit cocaine, coca seedlings, underground drug scene, packaged remedies (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: United States, New York, Interior Ministry, Foreign Office, League of Nations ( |