Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern WorldHarvard University Press, 30.6.2009 - 288 sivua 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. |
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Drugs and Commerce | 67 |
Drugs and Power | 133 |
Bibliographic Note | 211 |
Abbreviations | 215 |
Notes | 217 |
Illustration Credits | 263 |
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