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Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes

By Michael K. Steinberg , Joseph J. Hobbs , Kent Mathewson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2004
ISBN
9780195143195, 0-19-514319-1
Open Library ID
OL7389573M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
61 MB (64059455 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
325\333
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Throughout history almost all traditional indigenous societies have used psychoactive substances derived from plants in religious and healing rituals. Once such plants are adopted by outsiders for profane use, the often impoverished peasant farmers who grow them are faced with a life of extreme poverty or are lured by the prospect of a very lucrative cash crop with a steady market. Before long, their cultural and physical landscape is drastically altered. The purpose of this book is to explore this issue from a variety of perspectives, ranging from opium production in Afghanistan and Pakistan to peyote gardens in south Texas.

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