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Dominic Streatfeild - Cocaine - 9780753506271 - KIN0036218
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Cocaine

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Description for Cocaine Paperback. Cocaine has started wars, prompted invasions, embarrassed politicians, toppled governments, filled prisons, created billionaires, fuelled parties, bankrupted countries and taken thousands of lives. This study examines the history of this drug. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1x8 b/w illustration section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753506271
SKU
KIN0036218
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Dominic Streatfeild
Dominic Streatfeild is a TV producer and researcher. Two of his books, Silk Route by Rail and Trans-Siberian Handbook, were nominated 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

Goodreads reviews for Cocaine


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