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The Alchemy of Culture - Intoxicants in Society
de Rudgley, Richard
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0714117366
- ISBN 13
- 9780714117362
- Librería
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: British Museum Press, 1993. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. From opium in Stone Age Europe to petrol sniffing in Aboriginal Australia, intoxicants have played an important part in societies all over the world. In this thought-provoking book the author shows that 'magic mushrooms' in Siberia and New Guinea, the mysterious soma/haoma plant in ancient India and Iran, and yaje. peyote and tobacco in the New World all had a central role in religious or social life, and that the altered states of consciousness produced by each intoxicant are shaped by cultural values. 38 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIBRARY **** 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Librería
- Goldring Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 007980
- Título
- The Alchemy of Culture - Intoxicants in Society
- Autor
- Rudgley, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0714117366
- ISBN 13
- 9780714117362
- Editorial
- British Museum Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1993
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- CULTURE, SOCIOLOGY, INTOXICANTS, YAJE, PEYOTE, SOMA/HAOMA, PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES, HALLUCINOGENS, MESCALINE
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Sociology;
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