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

Title
Social poison : 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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Description
x, 232 p.; 24 cm.
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
  • Opioid-Related Disorders > history
  • Drug and Narcotic Control > history
  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Public Opinion > history
  • France
  • United Kingdom
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781421404202 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1421404206 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2011021308
  • 40020586314
OCLC
  • 727303224
  • ocn727303224
  • SCSB-5628575
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries