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Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud.

Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy. - 1st Harvard University Press ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - xv, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Originally published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-243) and index.

Opium : a drug in motion through time and space -- Opium and heroin in Asia : early history and geopolitics -- Opium and heroin in Asia : the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent -- All-time highs and lows -- In and out of the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent -- War, drugs, and the war on drugs -- Opium poppy cultivation -- Successes and failures -- Drug trafficking routes (maps).

ISBN: 9780674051348 (cloth : alk. paper) : $27.95 0674051343 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009044012

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Opium trade--Political aspects--Asia.
Opium trade--Prevention.
Opium trade--History.--Asia
Drug control--Asia.
Opio--Comercio--Aspectos políticos--Asia.
Opio--Comercio--Prevención.
Opio--Comercio--Historia -- Asia.
Control de drogas y narcóticos--Asia.

LC Class. No.: HV 5840 / C552o 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 363.45095