Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv

High Society

- Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture
Af: Mike Jay
Engelsk Paperback

High Society

- Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture
Af: Mike Jay
Engelsk Paperback

139 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog
A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day. Every society is a high society. Every day, people drink coffee on European terraces, chew betel nut in Indonesian markets, take coca leaf on Andean mountainsides and smoke tobacco in every nation on earth. Mike Jay’s global history of intoxication looks at the earliest archaeological evidence of drug use, the botanicals of the classical world, the mind-bending self-experiments of early scientists and today's ‘war on drugs’. In High Society Jay paints vivid portraits of the roles that drugs play as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols and trade goods. He traces the understanding of intoxicants from prehistory to the present, and reveals how the international trade in substances such as tobacco, tea and opium shaped the modern world. First published to accompany the highly successful exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, and now featuring a new preface, this striking and lyrical book remains one of the most complete explorations of drug use in cultures across the world.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9780500297940
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0500297940
Udg. Dato:
18 jul 2024
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Oplagsdato:
18 jul 2024
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge