In Demons, Virginia Berridge explores the factors that have affected social attitudes to tobacco, alcohol, and a variety of drugs, through history. Gender, class, and political context have all played a part in a debate that continues today in concerns about binge drinking in the young and the classification of cannabis.
In Demons, Virginia Berridge explores the factors that have affected social attitudes to tobacco, alcohol, and a variety of drugs, through history. Gender, class, and political context have all played a part in a debate that continues today in concerns about binge drinking in the young and the classification of cannabis.
Virginia Berridge is Professor of History and Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. She has published widely on the history of illicit drugs, smoking, and alcohol and has worked in both historical and non-historical settings.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Past and Present 2: Culture: Drugs for all 3: Social Movements: Temperance 4: Professions: over the counter or disease? 5: Fear: the opium den 6: Industry 7: International arenas 8: Prohibition? 9: Changing cultures 10: Convergence across the substances?
1: Past and Present 2: Culture: Drugs for all 3: Social Movements: Temperance 4: Professions: over the counter or disease? 5: Fear: the opium den 6: Industry 7: International arenas 8: Prohibition? 9: Changing cultures 10: Convergence across the substances?
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