Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 531 g
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 531 g
Reihe: Consumption & Culture in the 17th & 18th Centuries
ISBN: 978-0-415-09039-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
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Notes on contributors Preface Introduction: Culture, consumption and society Andrew Sherratt, University of Oxford 1. Alcohol and its alternatives: symbol and substance in pre-industrial cultures Andrew Sherratt 2. Coca, beer, cigars and yag'e: meals and anti-meals in an Amerindinian community Stephen Hugh-Jones, University of Cambridge 3. Nicotian Dreams: the prehistory and early history of tobacco in eastern North America Alexander von Gernet, University of Toronto 4. Efficacy and concentration: analogies in betel use among the Fuyage (Papua New Guinea) Eric Hirsch, Brunel University 5. Kola nuts: the ‘coffee' of the central Sudan Paul E. Lovejoy, York University, Canada 6. EXCITANTIA: Or, how enlightenment Europe took to soft drugs Jordan Goodman, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 7. From coffeehouse to parlour: the consumption of coffee, tea and sugar in northwestern Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Woodruf D. Smith, University of Texas at San Antonio 8. Tobacco use and tobacco taxation: a battle of interests in early modern Europe Jacob M. Price, University of Michigan 9. Japan and the world narcotics traffic Kathryn Meyer, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania 10. The rise and fall and rise and fall of cocaine in the United States David T. Courtwright, University of North Florida Afterword Jordan Goodman and Paul E. Lovejoy Selected bibliography Index
Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations and the growth of the world economy.
Consuming Habits describes how and why:
- tea and coffee replaced beer on the breakfast tables of 18th century Europe
- in Islamic emirates at the turn of the century kola nuts formed part of tax payments, and were given as gifts by so-called ‘big men'
- in 1902 opera singers had their doctors prescribe them cocaine to aid singing
- the original version of ‘coca-cola' was described as a ‘brain tonic.'
This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives.
This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psycho- active substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. ‘An excellent collection.' - Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute.
