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the central role of mind-altering drugs in history, science, and culture
By Mike Jay
"High society" was published by Park Street Press in 2010 - Rochester, Vt, it has 192 pages and the language of the book is English.
“High society” Metadata:
- Title: High society
- Author: Mike Jay
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 192
- Publisher: Park Street Press
- Publish Date: 2010
- Publish Location: Rochester, Vt
“High society” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Narcotics - Drugs of abuse - Psychotropic drugs - History - Psychopharmacology - Psychotropic Drugs - Drug Users - Street Drugs - Drug abuse
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: p. cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24566847M - OL15616629W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 567181942
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2010018127
- ISBN-13: 9781594773938
- All ISBNs: 9781594773938
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"High society" Table Of Contents:
- 1- A universal impulse. Introduction. The evolution of drugs. Animal intoxication. Drugs and shamanism. Drugs and culture. The culture of kava. The culture of betel. Drug prohibitions. Drug subcultures. The cultures of ecstasy
- 2- From apothecary to laboratory. What is a 'drug'? Drugs in antiquity. Renaissance herbals-witches and flying. Ointments. The invention of laudanum. Linnaeus and the Enlightenment. The first synthetic drugs. Opium and the Romantics. The Club des Haschischins. Freud and cocaine. Addiction and drug control. Mescaline, LSD, and beyond. Drugs of the future
- 3- The drugs trade. Drugs of the New World. The psychoactive revolution. Tobacco in China, tea in Europe. The Opium Wars. The anti-opium campaign. Temperance and Prohibition. The 'War on drugs.' The decline of tobacco.
"High society" Description:
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"An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals"--Provided by publisher.
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