Opium - Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy

Informationen zum Autor Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy is a Research Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris. He presented the opening speech at the G8 special meeting in Paris on drug routes in Central Asia. He is also the creator of the website www.geopium.org. Chouvy reveals the long and fascinating history of a powerful and addictive drug, and explores the changing fortunes of the modern-day illicit opium trade, especially in the remote regions of Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, Chouvy Pierre-Arnaud
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2010
• EAN: 9780674051348
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05134-8
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Anthropology, LAW / Drugs & the Law, Drugs trade / drug trafficking