Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World

Name: Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World
Brand: Harvard University Press
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paperback – October 1, 2002

by Courtwright

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ISBN-13: 9780674010031 ISBN-10: 0674010035

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Binding

paperback

Published

October 1, 2002

Weight

2.3 lbs

Dimensions

23.50×1.80×15.60 cm

About this book

Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World by Courtwright. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780674010031.

What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book is the first to provide the big picture of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of the planet’s psychoactive resources, from tea and kola to opiates and amphetamines.