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Dangerous Harvest - Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,217

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Dangerous Harvest - Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes (Paperback, New): Michael K. Steinberg, Joseph...

Dangerous Harvest - Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes (Paperback, New)

Michael K. Steinberg, Joseph J Hobbs, Kent Mathewson

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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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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	April 2004
Editors:	Michael K. Steinberg (Adjunct Professor of Geography and Anthropology) • Joseph J Hobbs (Professor of Geography) • Kent Mathewson (Associate Professor of Geography)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	334
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-514320-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Promotions
LSN:	0-19-514320-5
Barcode:	9780195143201