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Five Hundred Years of Addiction: The History of Tobacco, Alcohol, Coffee, and Opium
David CourtwrightHistorical157k WordsCompleted
This is a classic work on the history of intoxicants, an essential read spanning both world history and the history of drugs. How powerful have intoxicants such as tobacco, alcohol, tea, coffee, and opium been throughout history? Why are some legal while others are banned? What forces drove intoxicants into vast commercial trades of all kinds? Taking a social and biological perspective, this book examines the history of mind-altering substances such as coffee, tobacco, tea, opium, and cocaine. I
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