The pursuit of oblivion : a global history of narcotics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton, [2002]
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Early history
  • 2. Opium during the enlightenment
  • 3. The patent age of new inventions
  • 4. Nerves, needles and Victorian doctors
  • 5. Chemistry
  • 6. Degeneration
  • 7. The dawn of prohibition
  • 8. Law-breaking
  • 9. Trafficking
  • 10. The age of anxiety
  • 11. The first drugs czar
  • 12. British drug scenes
  • 13. Presidential drugs wars
  • 14. So passé.