Drugs and Alcohol in the Pacific - New Consumption Trends and their Consequences (Hardcover, New Ed)

From the arrival of Europeans in the Pacific in the 16th century, introduced psychoactive drugs have played a crucial role in the history of societies from China to Peru, and from Alaska to Australia. Tobacco, followed by opium, distilled alcohol, caffeinated drinks, as well as laboratory drugs such as morphine and cocaine, became standardized and massively produced commodities. These substances joined a local base of indigenous drugs and fermented beverages to create new traditions of consumption that characterized entire peoples and cultures. They were also tools of European domination, so crucial elements of cultural and economic change: opium in China, coca in the Andes, and tobacco and spirits in Oceania. New consumption and production patterns revealed important differences among cultures and polities of the region, and spawned social problems that, in turn, transformed collective representations of these substances. Some became powerful moral symbols that shaped influential social and political movements, such as the Temperance League in the U.S., and the anti-opium movement in China.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900
Release date:	April 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	Juan F. Gamella
Dimensions:	175 x 287 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	444
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0153-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > States of consciousness > Drug-induced states Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-7546-0153-6
Barcode:	9780754601531

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