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Intoxicating Zion : A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel /

When European powers carved political borders across the Middle East following World War I, a curious event in the international drug trade occurred: Palestine became the most important hashish waystation in the region and a thriving market for consumption. British and French colonial authorities ut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ram, Haggai (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Drug Trade in the Levant
  • 2. Smuggling in Mandatory Palestine
  • 3. The Underworld of Users
  • 4. Jews and Interwar Oriental Fantasies
  • 5. Hashish Trafficking in Israel
  • 6. Mizrahim and the "Perils" of Hashish Smoking
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index