Forces of habit: drugs and the making of the modern world

Offering a social and biological account of why psychoactive goods proved so seductive, David Courtwright tracks the intersecting paths by which popular drugs entered the stream of global commerce. He shows how the efforts of merchants and colonial planters expanded world supply, drove down prices,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Courtwright, David T. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. London Harvard Univ. Press 2001
In:Year: 2001
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Alkohol
Drogen
Drogenhandel
Kulturgeschichte
Prohibition
Psychotropic Drugs > History
Psychotropic Drugs > history
Rauschgift > Drogenmissbrauch > Genussmittel > Geschichte Anfänge-2001
Substance-related Disorders > economics
Substance-related Disorders > history
Substance-related Disorders > prevention & control
Substance Abuse > Economic aspects
Substance Abuse > History
Substance Abuse > Prevention
Substance Abuse > Social aspects