Forces of Habit Drugs and the Making of the Modern World

Name: Forces of Habit Drugs and the Making of the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780674010031

ISBN-10: 0674010035

ISBN-13: 9780674010031

Edition: 2001

Authors: David T. Courtwright

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What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? 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.

Book details

List price: $31.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.122

David T. Courtwright is John A. Delaney Presidential Professor at the University of North Florida.



Introduction


The Psychoactive


Revolution



The Confluence of Psychoactive Resources



The Big Three


Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine



The Little Three


Opium, Cannabis, and Coca