Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World de Courtwright, David T

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press, 2001-03-23. Hardcover. Good.

Fair hardcover. No DJ. Scuffed covers with light edge wear; book has had some oil spill that is slightly visible on covers and small area of text block fore edge; tightly bound; otherwise clean interior; slight motor (?) oil odor. 8vo, 277 pp; index; illustrated.

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 2001. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historian Courtwright (Violent Land) ranges widely across more than four centuries and the world to chart the "psychoactive revolution" that made ever more potent drugs available to all classes of people and redefined the meaning and means of consciousness, and even social conscience. As pleasure came to matter more, drugs of all kinds found ready takers. Courtwright gathers up historical, scientific, literary, artistic, and public policy references on psychoactive substances, legal and illegal, to show how drug usage was as much an outgrowth of market forces as cultural habits. Drugs were commerce and currency and moved from geographically limited areas of cultivation to worldwide consumption, with ever more efficient means of production and supply driving down prices and thereby opening markets to the poorest. Efforts by governments over the past century to… Leer más

Harvard University Press, 2001-03-23. Hardcover. New.

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