Opium and The People

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… Read more about this item

London : Free Association, 1999. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.  Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with their presentation bookplate and being presented by the Birmingham Hospital… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Near Fine. 1987. 1st Paperback printing. Softcover. 0300038046 . xxx, 370pp. Black and white maps, graphs, tables, illustrations, appendix, references, bibliography, and index. “This intriguing examination of the social context of drug taking in Victoria England explains this decisive change in attitude and brings fresh perspective to the motivations that … Read more about this item

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