A brief history of cocaine : from Inca monarchs to Cali cartels : 500 years of cocaine dealing /
Karch, Steven B.
Boca Raton, Fla. ; London : CRC/Taylor & Francis,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index.
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?
Cocaine