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The Global Drug Wars (HISTORY 301A)
HISTORY
201A
Explores the global story of the struggle over drugs from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics include the history of the opium wars in China, controversies over wine and tobacco in Iran, narco-trafficking and civil war in Lebanon, the Afghan 'narco-state,' Andean cocaine as a global commodity, the politics of U.S.- Mexico drug trafficking, incarceration, drugs, and race in the U.S., and the globalization of the American 'war on drugs.'
Grading
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Requirements
WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Course Tags
Minor Elective
Academic Year