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Qat in Yemen : consumption and social change

Title
Qat in Yemen : consumption and social change / Shelagh Weir.
Author
Weir, Shelagh.
Publication
[London?] : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, ©1985.

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Additional Authors
British Museum. Trustees.
Description
191 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Khat > Yemen (Republic)
  • Drug addiction > Yemen (Republic)
  • Social change
  • Khat
  • Narcotics
  • Social Change
  • Toxicomanie > Yémen
  • Qat (Drogue)
  • Drogues
  • Changement social
  • Social change
  • Drug addiction
  • Khat
  • Qat
  • Sociale aspecten
  • Yemen (Republic)
  • Yemen (Arab Republic). Qat - Anthropological perspectives
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 181-185.
Contents
The Yemen Arab Republic -- Qat -- The physiological effects of Qat -- Attitudes and explanations -- Historical aspects of Qat consumption -- The economics of Qat consumption -- The social importance of Qat parties -- The ritual significance of Qat parties -- The role of Qat.
ISBN
  • 0714115681
  • 9780714115689
LCCN
86128137
OCLC
  • ocm17549393
  • 17549393
  • SCSB-1150266
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library