A brief history of cocaine : from Inca monarchs to Cali cartels : 500 years of cocaine dealing /: from Inca monarchs to Cali cartels : 500 years of cocaine dealing. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: From Inca monarchs to Cali cartels; 500 years of cocaine dealing; Five hundred years of cocaine dealing
• Further Information: Note: Steven B. Karch.
• Other Names: Karch, Steven B
• Contents: The Inca and Spanish conquests -- "Joyfulle news" -- Botanists, naturalists, and pedestrians -- Celebrity endorsements -- A cholo at Huarai -- Genies and furies -- Death by misadventure -- A new disease emerges -- Coca Java -- A beautiful white powder -- The first cocaine cartels -- Risk business -- The "legitimate business of poisoning Hindoos" -- Harpies in the West End -- Japan's adventures in the cocaine trade -- Cocaine pandemic?
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 188 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.29/809; Cocaine -- History; Health; Science: Biology -- Natural History; Social Science; Science; Cocaine; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420036350; 1420036351
• Related ISBNs: 0849397758
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.