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Author:

Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud.

Title:

Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press ed.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xv, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Opium trade--Political aspects--Asia.
Opium trade--Prevention.
Opium trade--Asia--History.
Drug control--Asia.

Notes:

Originally published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-243) and index.

Contents:

Opium : a drug in motion through time and space -- Opium and heroin in Asia : early history and geopolitics -- Opium and heroin in Asia : the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent -- All-time highs and lows -- In and out of the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent -- War, drugs, and the war on drugs -- Opium poppy cultivation -- Successes and failures -- Drug trafficking routes (maps).

ISBN:

0674051343 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674051348 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456169946

LCCN:

2009044012

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)