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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics, 1500-2000
The Pursuit of Oblivion A Global History of Narcotics 15002000
Author: Richard Davenport-Hines
Davenport-Hines’ landmark book draws on a dazzlingly wide range of sources to show how narcotics such as opium, morphine, cannabis, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, LSD and ecstasy came to have such an impact on Western society and how, in turn, that society has attempted to cope with the arrival of each.Although it should become the standard accou...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780297643753
ISBN-10: 0297643754
Publication Date: 10/11/2001
Pages: 466
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Book Type: Hardcover
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