Andean Cocaine The Making of a Global Drug

Name: Andean Cocaine The Making of a Global Drug
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ISBN: 9780807859056

ISBN-10: 0807859052

ISBN-13: 9780807859056

Edition: 2008

Authors: Paul Gootenberg

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Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine.Gootenberg traces cocaine's history from its origins as a medical commodity in the nineteenth century to its repression during the early twentieth century and its dramatic reemergence as an illicit good after World War II. Connecting the story of the drug's transformations is a host of people, products, and processes: Sigmund Freud, Coca-Cola, and Pablo Escobar all make appearances, exemplifying the global influences that have shaped the history of cocaine. But Gootenberg decenters the familiar story…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Chronology: Cocaine, 1850-2000


Introduction: Cocaine as Andean History



Cocaine Rising



Imagining Coca, Discovering Cocaine, 1850-1890



Making a National Commodity: Peruvian Crude Cocaine, 1885-1910



Cocaine Falling



Cocaine Enchained: Global Commodity Circuits, 1890s-1930s



Withering Cocaine: Peruvian Responses, 1910-1945



Anticocaine: From Reluctance to Global Prohibitions, 1910-1950



Illicit Cocaine



Birth of the Narcos: Pan-American Illicit Networks, 1945-1965



The Drug Boom (1965-1975) and Beyond



Quantifying Cocaine



Sample Peruvian Exchange Rates, 1875-1965



Coca and Cocaine Exports from Peru, 1888-1910



Reported Cocaine Factories by Region, Peru, 1885-1920s



Active Cocaine Factories in Peru, 1920-1950



Cocaine Smuggling: Reported Seizures, 1935-1970s


Notes


Bibliographic Essay: A Guide to the Historiography of Cocaine


Bibliography


Index