Essential substances : a cultural history of intoxicants in society / Richard Rudgley.

  • Rudgley, Richard, 1961-
Date:
1993
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Publication/Creation

New York : Kodansha International, 1993.

Physical description

ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Notes

Originally published: The alchemy of culture : intoxicants in society. Great Britain : British Museum Press, 1993
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Coutts

Contents

Stone age alchemy -- Frozen tombs and fly-agaric men -- The mystery of Haoma -- American dreams -- The alchemists of Afek -- Lucifer's garden -- Stimulating society.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references (p. [180]-190) and index

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    History of Medicine
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