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Inventing the addict : drugs, race, and sexuality in nineteenth-century British and American literature / Susan Zieger.

xv, 346 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee.

La droga della modernità : sociologia e storia di un fenomeno fra devianza e cultura / Luigi Caramiello.

xi, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Cannabis Britannica : empire, trade, and prohibition, 1800-1928 / James H. Mills.

Shooting up : a history of drugs and war / Lukasz Kamienski.

xiv, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

The pursuit of oblivion : a history of narcotics / Richard Davenport-Hines.

<p>This book details the traditional and sacred use of psychoactive substances by peoples in the ancient past through the lens of archaeology.</p>

ix, 328 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Ancient psychoactive substances / edited by Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

xi, 311 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

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Inventing the addict : drugs, race, and sexuality in nineteenth-century British and American literature / Susan Zieger.

The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee.

La droga della modernità : sociologia e storia di un fenomeno fra devianza e cultura / Luigi Caramiello.

Cannabis Britannica : empire, trade, and prohibition, 1800-1928 / James H. Mills.

Shooting up : a history of drugs and war / Lukasz Kamienski.

The pursuit of oblivion : a history of narcotics / Richard Davenport-Hines.

Ancient psychoactive substances / edited by Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

The real dope : social, legal, and historical perspectives on the regulation of drugs in Canada / edited by Edgar-André Montigny.

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Inventing the addict : drugs, race, and sexuality in nineteenth-century British and American literature / Susan Zieger.

The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee.

La droga della modernità : sociologia e storia di un fenomeno fra devianza e cultura / Luigi Caramiello.

Cannabis Britannica : empire, trade, and prohibition, 1800-1928 / James H. Mills.

Shooting up : a history of drugs and war / Lukasz Kamienski.

The pursuit of oblivion : a history of narcotics / Richard Davenport-Hines.

Ancient psychoactive substances / edited by Scott M. Fitzpatrick.

The real dope : social, legal, and historical perspectives on the regulation of drugs in Canada / edited by Edgar-André Montigny.

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