Smoking under the tsars : a history of tobacco in imperial Russia /
Using unusual sources and approaching tobacco from the perspective of users, producers and objectors, this monograph provides a view of the early transfer by the Russian market to smoking and presents the addictive, nicotine-soaked Russian cigarette, the papirosa, and the sensory, medical, social, c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Using unusual sources and approaching tobacco from the perspective of users, producers and objectors, this monograph provides a view of the early transfer by the Russian market to smoking and presents the addictive, nicotine-soaked Russian cigarette, the papirosa, and the sensory, medical, social, cultural and gendered consequences of this unique style of tobacco use. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 320 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501722059 1501722050 |