Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674010031ISBN-10:674010035UPC:9780674010031Book Category:History, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:World, Substance Abuse & AddictionsSize:9.48 x 5.96 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC82WCYNBY
What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book is the first to provide the big picture of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of the planet's psychoactive resources, from tea and kola to opiates and amphetamines.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674010031ISBN-10:674010035UPC:9780674010031Book Category:History, Self-HelpBook Subcategory:World, Substance Abuse & AddictionsSize:9.48 x 5.96 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SC82WCYNBY
Courtwright, David T.: - David T. Courtwright is Presidential Professor Emeritus at the University of North Florida and the author of Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America and Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World (both from Harvard). He was an inaugural recipient of a grant from the highly competitive NEH Public Scholar Program and is a regular media commentator on the history of addiction.
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