Drugs and the world / Axel Klein.
- Klein, Axel, 1961-
- Date:
- 2008
- Books
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Publication/Creation
London : Reaktion, 2008.
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221 pages ; 22 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index.
Contents
Taking leave of our senses : drug use and drug-taking in the 21st century -- The pathology of drug use -- Possible benefits of drug use -- How drugs have shaped history in the modern era -- Redefining the issue : symptom of decadence or development problem? -- International drug control : system and structure -- How drugs became a development issue -- Drugs and development along the silk route -- Positives and negatives of the drugs economy -- The khat economy -- Drugs and the management of pleasure.
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- 9781861893819
- 1861893817