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Author
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-
Title
The pursuit of oblivion : a global history of narcotics / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Publication Info.
New York : Norton, 2002.
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Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction
364.13365 DAVENPORT-HINES
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Edition
First American edition.
Description
576 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-547) and index.
Contents
1. Early history -- 2. Opium during the enlightenment -- 3. The patent age of new inventions -- 4. Nerves, needles and Victorian doctors -- 5. Chemistry -- 6. Degeneration -- 7. The dawn of prohibition -- 8. Law-breaking -- 9. Trafficking -- 10. The age of anxiety -- 11. The first drugs czar -- 12. British drug scenes -- 13. Presidential drugs wars -- 14. So passé.
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Drug abuse -- History.
Narcotics -- History.
Drugs of abuse -- History.
Drug traffic -- History.
Drug control -- History.
ISBN
0393051897
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