{"product_id":"we-sell-drugs-the-alchemy-of-us-empire-volume-39-paperback","title":"We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of Us Empire Volume 39 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzanna Reiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Sell Drugs\u003c\/i\u003e is a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. More than a narrow biography of one famous plant and its equally famous derivative products--Coca-Cola and cocaine--this book situates these commodities within the larger landscape of drug production and consumption. Examining efforts to control the circuits through which coca traveled, Suzanna Reiss provides a geographic and legal basis for considering the historical construction of designations of legality and illegality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book also argues that the legal status of any given drug is largely premised on who grew, manufactured, distributed, and consumed it and not on the qualities of the drug itself. Drug control is a powerful tool for ordering international trade, national economies, and society's habits and daily lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a historical landscape animated by struggles over political economy, national autonomy, hegemony, and racial equality, \u003ci\u003eWe Sell Drugs\u003c\/i\u003e insists on the socio-historical underpinnings of designations of legality to explore how drug control became a major weapon in asserting control of domestic and international affairs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanna Reiss is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.11 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390933360742,"sku":"9780520280786","price":63.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/U3BSL0VabXVPSi9DbElOMHg3YWJrdz09.webp?v=1775127006","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/we-sell-drugs-the-alchemy-of-us-empire-volume-39-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}