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Publisher Comments:

Sadie Plant Traces the History of Drugs and drug use through the work of some of our most revered, and infamous, writers. Rather than exploring drug use as an avenue to spiritual transcendence, Plant focuses on the way that drugs themselves make precise, recognizable interventions in consciousness, in cultural life, in politics. She argues that the use, production, and trafficking of drugs — narcotics, stimulants, and hallucinogens — have shaped some of the era's most fundamental philosophies and provided much of its economic wealth.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780374293345
Author:
Plant, Sadie
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Social aspects
Subject:
Drug abuse
Subject:
Popular Culture - Counter Culture
Subject:
Drugs and literature.
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
14
Publication Date:
2000
Binding:
Trade Cloth
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 294 p.
Dimensions:
8.62x5.82x1.04 in. 1.00 lbs.

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