| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 332 pages) illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : a forgotten history -- Wheels of progress : tropical commodities and regional formation -- Coming from the mountain : coffee contraband and marijuana smuggling -- Santa Marta gold : technological adaptations and boom -- Parranderos : Vallenato music and cultural negotiations -- Two peninsulas : Narcotics diplomacy and the war on drugs -- Reign of terror : criminalization and violence -- Conclusions : a remembered history |
| Summary |
"Before Colombia became one of the main producers of cocaine in the world in the 1980s, traffickers from the Caribbean coast partnered with American buyers in the 1970s to make this South American country the principal supplier of marijuana for the largest market in the world at the time, the US counterculture. Marijuana Boom offers a unique and in-depth perspective to this forgotten history. Combining archival research with extensive fieldwork, Lina Britto puts together fragmented pieces of evidence in order to understand the constellation of factors that produced the perfect storm, one that subverted life in a corner of the Caribbean, and changed Colombia for decades to come"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Drug traffic -- Colombia -- History
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Drug control -- Colombia -- History
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Drug control
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Drug traffic
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Colombia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019030167 |
| ISBN |
0520974263 |
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9780520974265 |
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