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Forces of Habit by David T. Courtwright (2001, Hardcover, Illustrated) 
Forces of Habit by David T. Courtwright (2001, Hardcover, Illustrated)

 
Forces of Habit by David T. Courtwright (2001, Hardcover, Illustrated)

Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2001-03-23
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0674004582
ISBN-13: 9780674004580
Product ID: EPID1802410
Description: In this exploration of drugs' influence on Western culture, a historian argues that governmental and religious institutions have both promoted and condemned the use of mind-altering chemicals like caffeine, cocaine, and marijuana. His nu...
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Synopsis
In this exploration of drugs' influence on Western culture, a historian argues that governmental and religious institutions have both promoted and condemned the use of mind-altering chemicals like caffeine, cocaine, and marijuana. His numerous examples include 18th-century American colonists' attempts to bribe Native Americans to attend church, and Russian politicians' plans to reduce alcohol consumption.

Details
Publication Date:2001-03-23
Edition Description:Illustrated

Size
Length:277 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:20.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Provides an overview of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of drugs including coffee, peyote, and heroin, and explains how this profitable enterprise has come to be more restricted through the centuries.

Industry Reviews
"Mr. Courtwright's book assembles riveting data to negligible intellectual ends and lacks a coherent thesis. Maybe the incoherence of our present-day drug regime is to blame. But rather than imagine an alternative, Mr. Courtwright concludes that governments should 'adjust the system, eliminating its worst concomitants and plugging its most conspicuous gaps.' As conclusions go, that one's not exactly mind-altering."
Wall Street Journal - Christopher Caldwell (03/14/2001)

"The past ten years have...witnessed a spate of narcotic histories. David T. Courtwirht's FORCES OF HABIT is an outstanding addition to this series [and] and admirable exercise in historical detachment."
Times Literary Supplement - Edward Skidelsky (09/14/2001)

"[The author's] exhaustive details cohere in a complex portrait of how psychoactive substances are...fundamental to our view of civilization."
Publishers Weekly (01/01/2001)

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