Drugs, labor, and colonial expansion / edited by William Jankowiak and Daniel Bradburd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jankowiak, William R.

Bradburd, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Drug use--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Drug abuse--Cross-cultural studies.

Drug abuse.

History.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2003]

Contents:

Drugs, desire, and European economic expansion

Mutual exploitation?

"They are beginning to learn the use of tobacco"

Alcohol and the slave trade in West Africa, 1400-1850

Alcohol and the fur trade in New France and English America, 1600-1800

Rum and ganja

Inside the Windhoek lager

Alcohol as a direct and indirect labor enhancer in the mixed economy of the Batswana, 1800-1900

Coca as symbol and labor enhancer in the Andes

Caffeine and culture

Drugs in work and trade.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-244) and index.

ISBN:

0816523517

OCLC:

52055786