Cocaine

Dominic Streatfeild

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01 October 2007

Social & cultural history; Society & Social Sciences; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects

From the coca to Coke to cocaine - the definitive history of the world's most popular, most problematic drug

Cocaine has started wars, prompted invasions, embarrassed politicians, toppled governments, filled prisons, created billionaires, fuelled parties, bankrupted countries and taken thousands of lives. All because of a small, unremarkable-looking shrub.

Dominic Streatfeild's highly-praised and comprehensive study examines the history of the world's most popular, most problematic drug, from its origins with the Incas, to early enthusiasts including Freud, and the multi-million pound industry it is today. His journey takes him from the darkest corners of the British Library to the isolation cells of America's most secure prisons, from the crack houses of New York to the deepest jungles of South America, as he meets the economists, scientists, law enforcers, historians and traffickers who are involved in policing - and running - the cocaine trade.

By: Dominic Streatfeild
Imprint: Virgin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 379g
ISBN: 9780753506271
ISBN 10: 0753506270
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 01 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dominic Streatfeild is a TV producer/researcher, also involved in Channel 4's documentary on cocaine (September 2004). His books, Silk Route by Rail and Trans-Siberian Handbook were both shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award.

Reviews for Cocaine

"""The best volume on charlie for years...addictive"" Observer ""The most comprehensive and intelligent history of cocaine available today"" The Times ""Stick your hooter into this volume and you won't be able to stop until you've sniffed out all of its contents"" Time Out"

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