Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Drug Control Policy in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century England
by BERRIDGE, Virginia
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- Paperback
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- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1853434140
- ISBN 13
- 9781853434143
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About This Item
London: Free Association Books, 1999. Revised Edition. Paperback. Fine. xxxiii, 419, [2] p. 23 cm. Maps, illustrations and tables.
Topics: the import and cultivation of opium in the 19th century; British opium use; the beginnings of restriction; class tensions; workers and opium; infant doping; professionals and opium; anti-opium movement; the myth of the "opium den" in late Victorian England; cannabis; cocaine; etc.
Topics: the import and cultivation of opium in the 19th century; British opium use; the beginnings of restriction; class tensions; workers and opium; infant doping; professionals and opium; anti-opium movement; the myth of the "opium den" in late Victorian England; cannabis; cocaine; etc.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124165
- Title
- Opium and the People: Opiate Use and Drug Control Policy in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century England
- Author
- BERRIDGE, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1853434140
- ISBN 13
- 9781853434143
- Publisher
- Free Association Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Opium, Opiates, illegal drugs, Cannabis, Cocaine, Narcotics, Drug trafficking
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
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