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Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
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Description for Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
Hardback. Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times. This book presents an account of the illicit production and trade of opium across the centuries. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCA; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 570.
Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times. Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and Fu-yung in Chinese, it is a substance that is at once both a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations and the properties that were frequently, if erroneously, attributed to it have ensured the continuing air of mystery that has long surrounded it. In 'Opium', Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy reveals the fascinating history of this powerful and addictive drug and its ... Read more
Bitter, brownish and sticky, opium - the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum - has been cultivated from the earliest of times. Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and Fu-yung in Chinese, it is a substance that is at once both a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations and the properties that were frequently, if erroneously, attributed to it have ensured the continuing air of mystery that has long surrounded it. In 'Opium', Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy reveals the fascinating history of this powerful and addictive drug and its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845119737
SKU
V9781845119737
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About Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy is a leading specialist in the politics of illicit drugs in Asia. He received his doctorate from the University of the Sorbonne and is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He presented the opening speech at the G-8 special meeting in Paris on drug routes in Central Asia.
Reviews for Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
'This book establishes Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy as the successor to Alfred McCoy: he not only deciphers the long history of the opium poppy and the complex geopolitics of illicit drugs in Asia, but also explains how and why decades of a costly "war on drugs" have failed to reach its objectives.' - Alain Labrousse, Professor and Director of Geopolitical Drug Watch, ... Read more