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Author Carrier, Neil C. M.

Title Kenyan khat : the social life of a stimulant / by Neil C.M. Carrier
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : maps
Series African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 15
African social studies series ; v. 15. 1568-1203
Contents List of Maps and Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Cultivating Miraa in the Nyambene Hills; Chapter Two: From Mutuati to Manchester: Miraa's Trajectories; Chapter Three: Transporting Miraa; Chapter Four: Bargaining over Bundles; Chapter Five: Trust, Suspicion and Conflict in Miraa Trade Relations; Chapter Six: Chewing; Chapter Seven: Miraa and the War on Drugs; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary Draws out the economic, social and cultural significance of Kenyan khat, situating this significance within the debates on the legality of khat and the global rhetoric of the 'war on drugs'. This work also explores how networks of Kenyan khat bring people of diverse backgrounds together in sometimes uneasy relationships
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index
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Subject Khat.
Khat -- Kenya
Drug traffic -- Kenya
Drug control.
Drug and Narcotic Control
SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- Drug Dependence.
Drug control
Drug traffic
Khat
Drogenhandel
Kath
Kenya
Kenia
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006050018
ISBN 9789047419143
9047419146
9781281921062
1281921068
9786611921064
6611921060