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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Courtwright, David T., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Edición:First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Temas:
Substance abuse > History.
Psychotropic drugs > History.
Substance abuse > Economic aspects.
Substance abuse > Social aspects.
Substance abuse > Prevention.
Substance-Related Disorders > history
Psychotropic Drugs > history
Substance-Related Disorders > economics
Substance-Related Disorders > prevention & control
Polytoxicomanie > Histoire.
Psychotropes > Histoire.
Polytoxicomanie > Aspect économique.
Polytoxicomanie > Aspect social.
Polytoxicomanie > Prévention.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > Addiction.
HISTORY > World.
Psychotropic drugs.
Substance abuse.
Drugsverslaving.
Drugsgebruik.
Sociale aspecten.
Economische aspecten.
Preventie.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The psychoactive revolution
  • The big three : alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine
  • The little three : opium, cannabis, and coca
  • The puzzle of distribution
  • The sorcerer's apprentices
  • A trap baited with pleasure
  • Escape from commodity hell
  • Opiates of the people
  • Taxes and smuggling
  • About-face : restriction and prohibition
  • Licit and illicit drugs.

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