The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 de Matthee, Rudi - 2009-07-25

Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2005. First Printing. Softcover. Octavo; G/paperback; blue pictorial spine with white and yellow text; first printing; exterior to covers have few creases to edges; previous bookshop's small sticker to front; other slight handling wear to exterior; binding intact; textblock exterior edges have some soiling; tail fore corners to several first pages creased; small price sticker inside front cover; some marginalia inside; chipped fore edge to p 107; pp 346; illustrated;. 1354612. FP New Rockville Stock.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 2005, Softcover, First Edition. Fine. Like new.

Princeton University Press, 2009-07-26. paperback. Used: Good.

Princeton University Press, 2009-07-26. paperback. Used:Good.

Princeton: Princeton University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (2005). First Edition. Softcover. 0691144443 . No signatures.; xv, [5], 346 pages. Softcover. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 235 x 154mm. "This excellent, well-written book is likely to become a classic work on the subject of drugs and stimulants both in Iran and the wider Islamic world. It will have a readership far beyond those individuals interested principally in Iranian or Middle Eastern studies. The author not only discusses the use of the commodities but he also analyzes the social practice of consumption, the persistent tension between social practice and religious norms exemplified by the use of and attitude toward wine, drugs, and stimulants, and the ways in which Iranian consumption was related to the shifting patterns of international trade." - quoted from review by Stephen F. Dale. ; 8vo .

Paperback / softback. New. From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphael du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a 'kick', got them into a good mood.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2009. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.

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Princeton Univ Pr, 2009. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.