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The pursuit of oblivion : a social history of drugs / Richard Davenport-Hines.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Phoenix, 2004.Description: xiv, 466 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780753813713 (pbk.) :
  • 0753813718 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.29309 DAV
LOC classification:
  • HV5825
Contents:
1.Early history -- 2.Opium during the enlightement -- 3.The patent age of new inventions -- 4.Nerves, needles and Victorial doctors -- 5.Chemistry -- 6.Degeneration -- 7.The dawn of prohibition -- 8.Law-breaking -- 9.Trafficking -- 10.The age of activity -- 11.The first drugs czar -- 12.British drug scenes -- 13.Presidential drug wars.
Summary: Spanning centuries, continents and empires, this history of illicit drug use assesses why, considering the imposition of ever harsher penalties, such behaviour continues to increase and considers where law-makers go from here.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.29309 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205213

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Early history -- 2.Opium during the enlightement -- 3.The patent age of new inventions -- 4.Nerves, needles and Victorial doctors -- 5.Chemistry -- 6.Degeneration -- 7.The dawn of prohibition -- 8.Law-breaking -- 9.Trafficking -- 10.The age of activity -- 11.The first drugs czar -- 12.British drug scenes -- 13.Presidential drug wars.

Spanning centuries, continents and empires, this history of illicit drug use assesses why, considering the imposition of ever harsher penalties, such behaviour continues to increase and considers where law-makers go from here.

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