Murray Krieger and Contemporary Critical Theory

Name: Murray Krieger and Contemporary Critical Theory
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ISBN: 9780231061186

ISBN-10: 0231061188

ISBN-13: 9780231061186

Edition: 1986

Authors: Bruce Henricksen

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Why do smokers claim that the first cigarette of the day is the best? What is the biological basis behind some heavy drinkers' belief that the "hair-of-the-dog" method alleviates the effects of a hangover? Why does marijuana seem to affect ones problem-solving capacity? Intoxicating Minds is, in the author's words, "a grand excavation of drug myth." Neither extolling nor condemning drug use, it is a story of scientific and artistic achievement, war and greed, empires and religions, and lessons for the future.Ciaran Regan looks at each class of drugs, describing the historical evolution of their use, explaining how they work within the brain's neurophysiology, and outlining the basic…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/19/1986
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 307
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English