Cocaine: History & Culture

by Armand Limnander

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614287554
• ISBN13: 9781614287551
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Assouline
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.6" x 10.9"