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Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world
- Title
- Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world / David T. Courtwright.
- Author
- Courtwright, David T., 1952-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 01-5787 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 277 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-213) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The psychoactive revolution -- The big three: alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine -- The little three: opium, cannabis, and coca -- The puzzle of distribution -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- A trap baited with pleasure -- Escape from commodity hell -- Opiates of the people -- Taxes and smuggling -- About-face: restriction and prohibition -- Licit and illicit drugs.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-5787
- ISBN
- 0674004582 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00061466
- OCLC
- 44794855
- Author
- Courtwright, David T., 1952-
- Title
- Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world / David T. Courtwright.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-213) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-5787