Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
by Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud
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- Hardcover
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- 0674051343
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- 9780674051348
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Harvard University Press, 2010 8vo (24 cm), XVI, 256 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. "Known to the Greeks as opos or opion, as afiun in Persian and Arabic, and Fu-yung in Chinese, it is a substance that is at once both a palliative and a poison. Its exotic origins, its literary associations and the properties that were frequently, if erroneously, attributed to it have ensured the continuing air of mystery that has long surrounded it. In 'Opium', Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy reveals the fascinating history of this powerful and addictive drug 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, the major opium-producing areas of the world today. He reveals how, when and why illicit opium production emerged, what sustains it, and why a century of global measures has failed to eradicate it." (from the publisher's description)
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- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
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- 006803
- Title
- Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
- Author
- Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674051343
- ISBN 13
- 9780674051348
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 2010
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Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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