9780714127118
The Alchemy of Culture : Intoxicants in Society
Rudgley, Richard
ISBN 13: 9780714127118
Publication Date: 1998
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From opium in Stone Age Europe to petrol sniffing in Aboriginal Australia, intoxicants have played a part in societies all over the world. This thought-provoking book considers the social aspects of intoxicants.
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Book Description: BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS 1993-01-01, 1993. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: New. 0714127116 This exploration of the use of intoxicants in society reveals how drugs have had a central role in the religious and social life of a wide range of cultures around the world, from Stone Age Europe and Classical Greece to the New World and New Guinea. Rudgley looks at the use of psychoactive substances in European witchcraft, the role of scientists, poets and artists in introducing new hallucinogens into the West, and the social use of milder stimulants such as alcohol, tobacco and tea. 160p with 36 figs & illus. (British Museum Press 1993). 9780714127118. Paperback. Bookseller Inventory # 8349P Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: British Museum Press, London, 1998. Paperback. Book Condition: New. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A illustrated look at how intoxicants have played an important part in societies all over the world and how drug-users, ranging from Neolithic cave men going graffiti mad on opium to wine-drinking Siberian mushroom eaters and modern day rockers, have used them. Bookseller Inventory # 029117 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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