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We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of US Empire
Suzanna Reiss
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Description for We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of US Empire
Hardback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry. We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products Coca-Cola and ... Read more
This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry. We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products Coca-Cola and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Series
American Crossroads
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520280779
SKU
V9780520280779
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About Suzanna Reiss
Suzanna Reiss is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Reviews for We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of US Empire
"Suzanna Reiss presents a novel and compelling argument ... We Sell Drugs brings drugs into conversations where they did not participate before."
Emily Dufton American Studies
Emily Dufton American Studies