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📖 Second-hand book "Five Hundred Years of Addiction" [90% new]
📖 Second-hand book "Five Hundred Years of Addiction" [90% new]
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【Content Introduction】
Written for readers who are prone to addiction, concerned about addictive drugs, and interested in the history of addictive drugs.
Drink a cup of coffee when you wake up early, light a cigarette when you are tired, and have a bottle of Coke at a party. Are you addicted to these habits?
Alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, marijuana, coca leaves, addictive drugs have deeply penetrated into our lives. This book integrates research in the fields of psychology, drugs, economy, culture, ecology, etc., and introduces in detail all the items that can make humans addicted, as well as the economy, culture and war behind the addictive drugs. How powerful are addictive drugs in history? Why are they divided into legal and illegal? What force has driven the popularity of addictive drugs into a large-scale and diverse commodity trade? The author comprehensively introduces the culture of mental addictive drugs from the functional uses of addictive drugs to their discovery, to the circulation and economic policies of global trade, and traces the ins and outs of popular addictive drugs entering the mainstream of global trade. The content is interesting, the vision is broad, and it is eye-opening. There is no doubt that it is a classic work on the cultural history of addictive drugs, and it is also a masterpiece spanning world history and drug history.
About the Author
David Courtright is a professor of history at the University of North Florida. His books include "Violent Places: Single Men and Social Disorder from Frontier to Interior City" and "Dark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America."