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Drugs in the Western Hemisphere
. Ed(S): Walker, William O., III
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Description for Drugs in the Western Hemisphere
Hardback. This collection of 46 essays examines the issues of drugs and their control between the US and Latin America. The articles are arranged chronologically presenting an overview of US-Latin American drug policy from the turn of the century to the Clinton administration. Editor(s): Walker, William O., III. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFFH1; JFM; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
A history of drugs is a study of cultures in competition, argues editor William O. Walker III. Eminently adaptive, drug cultures have competed with proscriptive cultures to create a legitimate place for themselves, although one that the dominant society may recognize only tacitly. Professor Walker brings together forty-six essays that examine the complex negotiations and changing rhetoric revolving around issues of drugs and their control between the United States and its Latin American neighbors. Drugs in the Western Hemisphere is divided into six parts. Articles are arranged chronologically, offering the reader a compre-hensive overview of the evolution of U.S.-Latin American ... Read more
A history of drugs is a study of cultures in competition, argues editor William O. Walker III. Eminently adaptive, drug cultures have competed with proscriptive cultures to create a legitimate place for themselves, although one that the dominant society may recognize only tacitly. Professor Walker brings together forty-six essays that examine the complex negotiations and changing rhetoric revolving around issues of drugs and their control between the United States and its Latin American neighbors. Drugs in the Western Hemisphere is divided into six parts. Articles are arranged chronologically, offering the reader a compre-hensive overview of the evolution of U.S.-Latin American ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Series
Jaguar Books on Latin America
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780842024228
SKU
V9780842024228
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Reviews for Drugs in the Western Hemisphere
This volume is quite simply a stupendous collection of essays. . . . We are reminded how now, as in the past, drugs and drug consumption have been arenas through and within which power and inequality, struggle and competition, attempts at and resistance to domination, combat between the powerful and not so powerful, have been played out at the local, ... Read more