Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Coca and Cocaine in Bolivia: Reality and Policy Illusion Madeline Barbara Leons and Harry Sanabria 2. The Coca Field as a Total Social Fact Alison L. Spedding 3. Coca, Cash, and Cloth in Highland Bolivia: The Chapare and Transformations in a "Traditional" Andean Textile Economy Elayne Zorn 4. The Coca Debate and Yungas Landowners During the First Half of the 20th Century Ana Maria Lema 5. Cocataki, Taki-Coca: Trade, Traffic, and Organized Peasant Resistance in the Yungas of La Paz Alison L. Spedding 6. After the Boom: Income Decline, Eradication, and Alternative Development in the Yungas Madeline Barbara Leons 7. The Discourse and Practice of Repression and Resistance in the Chapare Harry Sanabria 8. Informal and Illicit Economies and the Role of Narcotrafficking Carlos F. Toranzo Roca 9. Environmental Problems of Coca Cultivation Hans Salm and Maximo Liberman 10. The Coca-Cocaine Issue in Bolivia: A Political Resource for all Seasons Kevin Healy 11. Fighting Drugs in Bolivia: United States and Bolivian Perceptions at Odds Eduardo A. Gamarra 12. Social Impacts Associated with Antidrug Law 1008 Linda Farthing Bibliography Contributors Index

About the Author

Madeline Barbara Leons is Professor of Anthropology at Towson State University. Harry Sanabria is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Reviews

"Breaks new ground in analyzing national and international issues concerning coca growing and the effect of national and international policies on peasant livelihood." -- Hans Buechler, Syracuse University "This book stresses just how important both the historical and contemporary significance of drugs are to a thorough understanding of the people and nation of Bolivia." -- William O. Walker III, Ohio Wesleyan University "Begins the task of blowing away the smokescreen covering so much of the discourse about the illicit international drug trade." -- Jim Weil, Marquette University