The Golden Triangle : inside Southeast Asia's drug trade / Ko-lin Chin.
The Golden Triangle : inside Southeast Asia's drug trade / Ko-lin Chin.
The Golden Triangle : inside Southeast Asia's drug trade / Ko-lin Chin.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, c2009.
Call Numbers
N363.4509/2
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : into the thick of it -- The Golden Triangle and Burma -- The Wa -- The opium trade -- Heroin production and trafficking -- The methamphetamine business -- Drug use -- Drug control -- The business and politics of drugs.
Publication information
Publisher
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, c2009.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2009.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Ko-lin Chin explains the nature of opium growing, heroin and methamphetamine production, drug sales, and drug use. He also shows how government officials who live in these areas view themselves not as drug kingpins, but as people who are carrying the responsibility for local economic development on their shoulders."--BOOK JACKET....
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Full title
The Golden Triangle : inside Southeast Asia's drug trade / Ko-lin Chin.
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Author / Creator
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c2009.
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Call Numbers
N363.4509/2
Record Identifier
74VMBWMZqVzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBWMZqVzd
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ISBN
9780801475214 (pbk.)
9780801446665 (cased)
DDC
363.4509591
MMS ID
991002425869702626
