Cocaine by Dominic Streatfeild
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 South America, as he meets the economists, scientists, law enforcers, historians and traffickers who are involved in policing - and running - the cocaine trade.
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 *
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 *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780753506271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753506270 |
| Title | Cocaine |
| Author | Dominic Streatfeild |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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