Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world
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Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world
Harvard University Press, 2002, c2001
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed
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Description based on 3rd printing, 2002
Includes index
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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.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Psychoactive Revolution Part I: The Confluence of Psychoactive Resources 1. The Big Three: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine 2. The Little Three: Opium, Cannabis, and Coca
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