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uncovering the politics of the poppy

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An edition of Opium (2009)

Opium

uncovering the politics of the poppy

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In this work, Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy reveals the history of opium and its long association with civilization down the centuries. He explores the changing fortunes of the modern day trade in illicit opium, especially in the remote and inaccessible regions of Asia known as the 'Golden Triangle' and 'Golden Crescent'.

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Harvard University Press
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English
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256

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Subjects
Opium trade, Drug control, Prevention, History, Asia, politics and government, Political aspects, Opium
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Asia

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Opium: uncovering the politics of the poppy
2010, Harvard University Press
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Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
2010, Harvard University Press
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Opium: uncovering the politics of the poppy
2010, Harvard University Press
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Opium: uncovering the politics of the poppy
2009, I.B. Tauris
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Table of 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).

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-243) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

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Dewey Decimal Class
363.45095
Library of Congress
HV5840.A74 C46 2010, HV5840.A74C46 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 256 p. :
Number of pages
256

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OL24476659M
Internet Archive
opiumuncoveringp0000chou
ISBN 10
0674051343
ISBN 13
9780674051348
LCCN
2009044012
OCLC/WorldCat
456169946

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