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Social poison the culture and politics of opiate control in Britain and France, 1821-1926

Title: Social poison [electronic resource] : the culture and politics of opiate control in Britain and France, 1821-1926 / Howard Padwa.
Author: Padwa, Howard.
Publication: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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1 online resource (x, 232 p.)

Uniform Title

Social poison (Online)

Alternative Title

Social poison (Online)

Subject

Opioid abuse > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Opioid abuse > France > History > 19th century
Opioid abuse > Great Britain > History > 20th century
Opioid abuse > France > History > 20th century
Drug control > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Drug control > France > History > 19th century
Drug control > Great Britain > History > 20th century
Drug control > France > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-224) and index.

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Contents

Imagining the meditative nation : constructing the opium experience -- Anti-narcotic nationalism : the feared consequences of recreational opiate use -- The era of national narcotics control : the drug wars begin -- Control and its discontents : the plight of the addicted under opiate control.

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