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Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes
Contributor(s): Steinberg, Michael K. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195143205     ISBN-13: 9780195143201
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $36.09  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2004
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Annotation: The global drug trade and its associated violence, corruption, and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts, ethnic minority human rights violations, and stresses on economic development. Drug production and eradication affects the stability of many
states, shaping and sometimes distorting their foreign policies. External demand for drugs has transformed many indigenous cultures from using local agricultural activity to being enmeshed in complex global problems.
Dangerous Harvest presents a global overview of indigenous peoples' relations with drugs. It presents case studies from various cultural landscapes that are involved in drug plant production, trade, and use, and examines historical uses of illicit plant substances. It continues with coverage of
eradication efforts, and the environmental impact of drug plant production. In its final chapter, it synthesizes the major points made and forecasts future directions of crop substitution programs, international eradication efforts, and changes in indigenous landscapes. The book helps unveil the
farmer, not to glamorize those who grow drug plants but to show the deep historical, cultural, and economic ties between farmer and crop.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Science | Earth Sciences - Geography
- Science | Life Sciences - Botany
Dewey: 363.45
LCCN: 2002014779
Lexile Measure: 1450
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.08" W x 9.18" L (1.06 lbs) 336 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
Review Citations: Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 700
 
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The global drug trade and its associated violence, corruption, and human suffering create global problems that include political and military conflicts, ethnic minority human rights violations, and stresses on economic development. Drug production and eradication affects the stability of many
states, shaping and sometimes distorting their foreign policies. External demand for drugs has transformed many indigenous cultures from using local agricultural activity to being enmeshed in complex global problems.

Dangerous Harvest presents a global overview of indigenous peoples' relations with drugs. It presents case studies from various cultural landscapes that are involved in drug plant production, trade, and use, and examines historical uses of illicit plant substances. It continues with coverage of
eradication efforts, and the environmental impact of drug plant production. In its final chapter, it synthesizes the major points made and forecasts future directions of crop substitution programs, international eradication efforts, and changes in indigenous landscapes. The book helps unveil the
farmer, not to glamorize those who grow drug plants but to show the deep historical, cultural, and economic ties between farmer and crop.

 
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