Cocaine An Unauthorized Biography

Name: Cocaine An Unauthorized Biography
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ISBN: 9780312422264

ISBN-10: 0312422261

ISBN-13: 9780312422264

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Dominic Streatfeild

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The story of cocaine isn’t just about crime and profit; it’s about psychoanalysis, about empire building, about exploitation, emancipation, and, ultimately, about power. To tell the story of the twentieth century without reference to this drug and its contribution is to miss a vital and fascinating strand of social history. Streatfeild examines the story of cocaine from its first medical uses to the worldwide chaos it causes today. His research takes him from the arcane reaches of the British Library to the isolation cells of America’s most secure prisons; from the crackhouses of New York to the jungles of Bolivia and Colombia.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 7/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 536
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Introducing Coca



De Jussieu Loses His Marbles



From Coca to Coca-ine



The Third Scourge of Humanity



Craving for, and Fear of, Sigmund Freud



Patent Cures, Snake Oils and Sex



Blacks, Chinks, Coolies and Brits



Down ... But Not Out



Comeback



George, Carlos and the Cocaine Explosion



Pablo, Roberto and the Fiances of Death



Crack (Man Bites Dog)



Sandinista!



The Horsemen of Cocaine



Mexico



Bolivia



Peru



Colombia



Cocaine


Selected Bibliography


Index