Forces of Habit
Drugs and the Making of the Modern World
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Description
What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book is the first to provide the big picture of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of the planet's psychoactive resources, from tea and kola to opiates and amphetamines.
Author Biography:
David T. Courtwright is Presidential Professor Emeritus at the University of North Florida and the author of Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America and Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World (both from Harvard). He was an inaugural recipient of a grant from the highly competitive NEH Public Scholar Program and is a regular media commentator on the history of addiction.
Release date Australia
October 30th, 2002
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Audience
- Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
25 halftones, 1 table
Pages
288
Dimensions
155x235x17
ISBN-13
9780674010031
Product ID
3890023
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