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That airy disclaimer, uttered by Tallulah Bankhead, has long been an article of faith for coke's legion of fans? and little has changed since cocaine's sensational debut in the Belle Epoque. Alternately glorified and demonised, hailed as a miraculous cure-all or blamed for society's failings, the White Lady has gone global. Today, she is the stimulant of choice for European partiers and stressed-out bankers alike? and everyone from producer to consumer is playing a high-stakes game. In Coke, Natalia Naish and Jeremy Scott recount the sweeping history of cocaine since its first appearanc.;Cover; Title Page; Epigraph; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1: AND GOD CREATED COKE; 2: WINTER SLEEP AND SPRING AWAKENING; 3: MIAMI AND COLOMBIA; 4: THE EIGHTIES: DAYS OF THUNDER; 5: GLOBAL SPILL: PRODUCING AND SMUGGLING; 6: COCAINE TODAY: NEW HORIZONS; CONCLUSION; A NOTE ON THE SOURCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PERMISSIONS AND PICTURE CREDITS; Also available from The Robson Press; Copyright.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bacon, Richard;Hope, Christopher
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849545525
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Finance, Political Science, Economics
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