Opium : uncovering the politics of the poppy / Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010Edition: 1st Harvard University Press edDescription: xv, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780674051348 (cloth : alk. paper) :; 0674051343 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Opium trade -- Political aspects -- Asia | Opium trade -- Prevention | Opium trade -- Asia -- History | Drug control -- AsiaDDC classification: 363.45095 LOC classification: HV5840.A74 | C46 2010| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE) | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE) | 363.45095 CHO (Browse shelf) | Available | NIT-9096 |
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).
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