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Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy Hardcover - 2010
by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
Chouvy reveals the long and fascinating history of a powerful and addictive drug, and explores the changing fortunes of the modern-day illicit opium trade, especially in the remote regions of Asia.
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- Title Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy
- Author Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2010-03-15
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780674051348 / 0674051343
- Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.48 x 6.6 x 0.98 in (24.08 x 16.76 x 2.49 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Opium trade - Asia - History, Drug control - Asia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009044012
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.450
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- Choice, 10/01/2010, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 01/18/2010, Page 41
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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…
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