Cocaine

Cocaineexamines 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 cultur * the manufacture, sale and control of cocaine in the United State * Japan and the Southeast Asian cocaine industr * export of cocaine prohibitions to Per * sex, drugs and race in early modern LondoCocaineunveils new primary sources and covert social, cultural and political transformations to shed light on cocaine's hidden history.