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Forces of habit : drugs and the making of the modern world /

Offering a social and biological account of why psychoactive goods proved so seductive, David Courtwright tracks the intersecting paths by which popular drugs entered the stream of global commerce. He shows how the efforts of merchants and colonial planters expanded world supply, drove down prices,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Courtwright, David T., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Substance abuse > History.
Psychotropic drugs > History.
Substance abuse > Economic aspects.
Substance abuse > Social aspects.
Substance abuse > Prevention.
Substance-Related Disorders > history.
Psychotropic Drugs > history.
Substance-Related Disorders > economics.
Substance-Related Disorders > prevention & control.
Polytoxicomanie > Histoire.
Psychotropes > Histoire.
Polytoxicomanie > Aspect économique.
Polytoxicomanie > Aspect social.
Polytoxicomanie > Prévention.
Drugsverslaving.
Drugsgebruik.
Sociale aspecten.
Economische aspecten.
Preventie.

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