Coca's gone : of might and right in the Huallaga post-boom / Richard Kernaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kernaghan, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coca industry--Social aspects--Peru--Huallaga River Valley.

Coca industry.

Insurgency--Peru--Huallaga River Valley.

Insurgency.

Political violence--Peru--Huallaga River Valley.

Political violence.

Cocaine industry.

History.

Coca industry--Social aspects.

Huallaga River Valley (Peru)--Economic conditions.

Huallaga River Valley (Peru).

Cocaine industry--Peru--History.

Peru.

Peru--Huallaga River Valley.

Physical Description:

308 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]

Summary:

In a valley in the eastern foothills of the central Peruvian Andes, a wealth of cocaine once flowed. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, this valley experienced abrupt rises in fortune, reckless corruption, and the brutality of those who sought to impress their own brand of order. When this era of cocaine came to a close, the legacy of its violence continued to mold people's perceptions of time through local storytelling practices. The heady, destructive energies of the past would also weigh heavily on the region's inhabitants as they struggled to navigate the conflicting legal regimes of the Peruvian state and the Maoist Shining Path.

Coca's Gone examines the tense, depressed social terrain of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley in the wake of a twenty-year cocaine boom. This compelling book conveys stories of the lived reality of jolted social worlds and weaves a fascinating meditation on the complex interrelationships between violence, law, and time. Ultimately, it explores how people drew upon violent acts both to infer new law and to mark distinctions between present and past while tracing out their own expectations for the future.

Contents:

1 ya no hay coca ya 30

2 shooting in pacae 69

3 river and road 115

4 cement house 157

5 esparza 188

6 flag 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804759571

080475957X

9780804759588

0804759588

OCLC:

294935677