Caroline Jean Acker

Broschiertes Buch

Creating the American Junkie

Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control

Beschreibung

"Acker presents a fascinating account of how addicts' negative image came to dominate public and official perceptions, as well as how it forced some users into the mold." -- "New England Journal of Medicine"

Autor

Caroline Jean Acker is an associate professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University and cofounder of Prevention Point Pittsburgh, a needle exchange program in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. She is co-editor, with Sarah W. Tracy, of Altering American Consciousness: Essays in the History of Alcohol and Drug Use in the United States, 1800-2000 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780801883835
• ISBN-10: 0801883830
• Artikelnr.: 22072279