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Absinthe, the cocaine of the nineteenth century : a history of the hallucinogenic drug and its effect on artists and writers in Europe and the United States

Title
Absinthe, the cocaine of the nineteenth century : a history of the hallucinogenic drug and its effect on artists and writers in Europe and the United States / by Doris Lanier.
Author
Lanier, Doris.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1995.

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Description
ix, 185 p. : ill.; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1800 - 1899
  • Absinthe > History
  • Drinking customs > France > History > 19th century
  • Drinking customs > United States > History > 19th century
  • Absinthe
  • Drinking customs
  • France
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index.
Contents
A history of the drink -- Abuse and prohibition in France -- Verlains, Rimbaud, Wilde and others -- From Van Gogh to Picasso -- New Orleans and elsewhere in the United States.
Call Number
JFD 95-8538
ISBN
  • 0899509894 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
  • 9780899509891 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
LCCN
94029166
OCLC
30814698
Author
Lanier, Doris.
Title
Absinthe, the cocaine of the nineteenth century : a history of the hallucinogenic drug and its effect on artists and writers in Europe and the United States / by Doris Lanier.
Imprint
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1995.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and index.
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Research Call Number
JFD 95-8538
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