Historique
Livre
Consuming habits: global and historical perspectives on how cultures define drugs
(Habitudes dévorantes : perspectives générales et historiques sur la façon dont les cultures définissent les drogues)
Auteur(s) :
GOODMAN, J. ;
LOVEJOY P. E. ;
SHERRATT, A.
Année :
2007
Page(s) :
283 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Abingdon : Routledge
, 2nd ed.
ISBN :
978-0-415-42582-7
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
Thésaurus mots-clés
CULTUREL
;
HISTOIRE
;
ALCOOL
;
TABAC
;
TAXE
;
RITUEL
;
BETEL
;
COLA
;
COCAINE
;
STIMULANTS
;
CAFE
;
TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL
;
CANNABIS
;
ANTHROPOLOGIE
Note générale :
Abington, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007, 283 p.
Note de contenu :
CONTENTS:
Introduction: Peculiar substances.
1. Alcohol and its alternatives: symbol and substance in pre-industrial cultures.
2. Coca, beer, cigars and Yag'e: meals and anti-meals in an Amerindinian community.
3. Nicotian dreams: the prehistory and early history of tobacco in Eastern North America.
4. Betelnut Bisnis and cosmology: a view from Papua New Guinea.
5. Kola nuts: the 'coffee' of the Central Sudan.
6. Excitantia: or, how enlightenment Europe took to soft drugs.
7. From coffeehouse to parlour: the consumption of coffee, tea and sugar in Northwestern Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
8. Tobacco use and tobacco taxation: a battle of interests in early modern Europe.
9. Globalising Ganja: The British Empire and international cannabis traffic c. 1834 to c. 1939.
10. Japan and the world narcotics traffic.
11. The rise and fall and rise of cocaine in the United States.
12. Building castles of Spit - the role of khat in work, ritual and leisure.
13. Afterword.
Introduction: Peculiar substances.
1. Alcohol and its alternatives: symbol and substance in pre-industrial cultures.
2. Coca, beer, cigars and Yag'e: meals and anti-meals in an Amerindinian community.
3. Nicotian dreams: the prehistory and early history of tobacco in Eastern North America.
4. Betelnut Bisnis and cosmology: a view from Papua New Guinea.
5. Kola nuts: the 'coffee' of the Central Sudan.
6. Excitantia: or, how enlightenment Europe took to soft drugs.
7. From coffeehouse to parlour: the consumption of coffee, tea and sugar in Northwestern Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
8. Tobacco use and tobacco taxation: a battle of interests in early modern Europe.
9. Globalising Ganja: The British Empire and international cannabis traffic c. 1834 to c. 1939.
10. Japan and the world narcotics traffic.
11. The rise and fall and rise of cocaine in the United States.
12. Building castles of Spit - the role of khat in work, ritual and leisure.
13. Afterword.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations, the definition of cultural identities, and the growth of the world economy. The labelling of these substances as 'legal' or 'illegal' has diverted attention away from understanding their important cultural and historical role. This collection explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. "Consuming Habits" is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. (Editor's abstract)
Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations, the definition of cultural identities, and the growth of the world economy. The labelling of these substances as 'legal' or 'illegal' has diverted attention away from understanding their important cultural and historical role. This collection explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. "Consuming Habits" is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. (Editor's abstract)
Affiliation :
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
L01121