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Coca prohibition in Peru : the historical debates, Joseph A. Gagliano

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Joseph Gagliano's study, drawn from archival and printed sources as well as interviews in Peru, is the first book in any language to provide a historical overview of coca. In tracing the arguments of the participants in the coca debates during the last four centuries, it surveys the role of the leaf in Peru's socio-political history, focusing on coca usage as a source of controversy for the policymakers among the coastal elites who have dominated Peruvian politics and economics since the Spanish conquest. At the same time, coca's supporters have drawn upon myth, scientific ignorance, and economic exigency to make a strong case for "the divine plant of the Incas." It is no surprise that controversy still reigns over coca use in Peru. Its use is deeply embedded in Andean culture, and there is no quick or easy way to end its cultivation and use among people who have relied on it for centuries. By providing the historical background for contemporary issues surrounding Peru's role in narcotics trafficking, Gagliano's work will fascinate scholars, professionals, and general readers alike
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eng
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x, 245 pages
Isbn
9780816514458
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Coca prohibition in Peru : the historical debates
Title
Coca prohibition in Peru
Title remainder
the historical debates
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Joseph A. Gagliano
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Language
eng
Summary
Joseph Gagliano's study, drawn from archival and printed sources as well as interviews in Peru, is the first book in any language to provide a historical overview of coca. In tracing the arguments of the participants in the coca debates during the last four centuries, it surveys the role of the leaf in Peru's socio-political history, focusing on coca usage as a source of controversy for the policymakers among the coastal elites who have dominated Peruvian politics and economics since the Spanish conquest. At the same time, coca's supporters have drawn upon myth, scientific ignorance, and economic exigency to make a strong case for "the divine plant of the Incas." It is no surprise that controversy still reigns over coca use in Peru. Its use is deeply embedded in Andean culture, and there is no quick or easy way to end its cultivation and use among people who have relied on it for centuries. By providing the historical background for contemporary issues surrounding Peru's role in narcotics trafficking, Gagliano's work will fascinate scholars, professionals, and general readers alike
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1930-
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Gagliano, Joseph A.
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Index
index present
LC call number
HV5840.P46
LC item number
G34 1994
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 1994 K-332
  • HV 5840.P46
NLM item number
G135c 1994
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  • Drug control
  • Coca
  • Drug and Narcotic Control
  • Coca
  • Coca
  • Drogue, Lutte contre la
  • Coca
  • Coca
  • Drug control
  • Cocaïne
  • Verboden
  • Debatten
  • Drogues, lutte contre
  • Coca
  • Drogues
  • Cocaïne
  • Perou
  • Cocain
  • Drogenmissbrauch
  • Peru
  • Peru
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Coca prohibition in Peru : the historical debates, Joseph A. Gagliano
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-236) and index
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 245 pages
Isbn
9780816514458
Lccn
94009570
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
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System control number
  • (OCoLC)30028119
  • (OCoLC)ocm30028119
Label
Coca prohibition in Peru : the historical debates, Joseph A. Gagliano
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-236) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 245 pages
Isbn
9780816514458
Lccn
94009570
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)30028119
  • (OCoLC)ocm30028119

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