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The chemical muse : drug use and the roots of Western civilization / D.C.A. Hillman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillman, David Charles, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug abuse--History.
- Drug abuse.
- History.
- Drugs--Social aspects--History.
- Drugs.
- Drugs--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 The Ancient Crucible 9
- 2 Ancient Medicines 33
- 3 Greeks, Romans, and Recreational Drugs 56
- 4 Promethean Euphoria 88
- 5 Drawing Down the Moon 114
- 6 The Divine Gift of Mind-Bending Intoxication 135
- 7 The Pharmacology of Western Philosophy 161
- 8 Democracy, Free Speech, and Drugs 181
- Conclusion: The Western Pursuit of Happiness 212.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312352493
- 0312352492
- OCLC:
- 184822799
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