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Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture
Zoom Assouline Books Cocaïn: History & Culture

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Cocaïn: History & Culture

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DESCRIPTION

In the popular imagination, cocaine appeared sometime in the 1970s, seemingly out of nowhere, as the ne plus ultra party drug for the disco generation; shortly thereafter, its destructive effects became impossible to ignore. But in fact, cocaine’s history of addiction dates back to the nineteenth century, when it was legal and sold over the counter to treat ailments ranging from stomachaches to cramps to teething pain in babies.

For millennia before that, however, the unprocessed coca leaf had been essential to the development of indigenous South American cultures. How did the sacred plant of the Incas become the addictive white powder that held in its grip—and nearly destroyed—prominent figures like Sigmund Freud and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, among countless others? And how did it get to wield the corrosive power depicted in films and television series such as Scarface and Narcos? This book tells that story.

DETAILS

  • 184 pages
  • over 100 illustrations
  • English language
  • Released in December 2018
  • W 7.6 x L 10.98 x D .75 in
  • Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781614287551
  • 4.0 lbs.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

<p>Armand Limnander is the executive editor of <em>W</em> magazine. Prior to that, he was features director at <em>T: The New York</em> <em>Times Style Magazine</em>, the editor of <em>VMan</em> magazine, and a senior writer at Vogue and Style.com. Limnander grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, and moved to the United States to attend the University of California at Berkeley. His books <em>Brazilian Style</em> and <em>Private: Giancarlo Giammetti</em> were published by Assouline in 2011 and 2013, respectively.</p>

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PRESS

Your brain at this moment is composed of brigades of tiny Bolivian soldiers. They are tired and muddy from their long march through the night. There are holes in their boots and they are hungry. They need to be fed. The need the Bolivian Marching Powder.

Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, 1984

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