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Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world / David T. Courtwright.
LIBRA HV4997 .C68 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Courtwright, David T., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Substance abuse--History.
- Substance abuse.
- Psychotropic drugs--History.
- Psychotropic drugs.
- Substance abuse--Economic aspects.
- Substance abuse--Social aspects.
- Substance abuse--Prevention.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Far-reaching, fair-minded, and elegant, this book is a thorough history of the traffic of psychoactive substances, a unique contribution to both world history and drug history. It brings wide research, reasoned judgment, and dry humor to a subject prone to ill-informed and overheated discussions. 25 halftones.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The psychoactive revolution
- The big three: alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine
- The little three: opium, cannabis, and coca
- The puzzle of distribution
- The sorcerer's apprentices
- A trap baited with pleasure
- Escape from commodity hell
- Opiates of the people
- Taxes and smuggling
- About-face: restriction and prohibition
- Licit and illicit drugs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674004582
- OCLC:
- 44794855
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