ABSTRACT
Cocaine examines the rise and fall of this notorious substance from its legitimate use by scientists and medics in the nineteenth century to the international prohibitionist regimes and drug gangs of today. Themes explored include:
* Amsterdam's complex cocaine culture
* the manufacture, sale and control of cocaine in the United States
* Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industry
* export of cocaine prohibitions to Peru
* sex, drugs and race in early modern London
Cocaine unveils new primary sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations to shed light on cocaine's hidden history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
Amer-Andean connections (the United States, Peru)
chapter 2|25 pages
Making a modern drug
part II|81 pages
European axis, Asian circuits (Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Java, Japan)
chapter 5|18 pages
Cocaine girls
chapter 6|23 pages
Doctors, diplomats, and businessmen
part III|29 pages
The new American nexus (Colombia, Mexico)