Opium
Subtitle: uncovering the politics of the poppy
By: Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780674051348
Subjects: Opium trade -- Political aspects -- Asia; Opium trade -- Prevention; Opium trade -- Asia -- History; Drug control -- Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Opium : a drug in motion through time and space; title: Opium and heroin in Asia : early history and geopolitics; title: Opium and heroin in Asia : the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent; title: All-time highs and lows; title: In and out of the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent; title: War, drugs, and the war on drugs; title: Opium poppy cultivation; title: Successes and failures.