Dope Girls - The Birth Of The British Drug Underground (Paperback, New edition)

As entertaining as it is enlightening, "Dope Girls" vividly records the scandals and moral panics in Britain that followed the end of the First World War, as drug use--especially of morphine and cocaine--was transformed into a national menace. The cast of characters includes Billie Carleton, a West End musical actress, whose highly publicized death from an overdose in 1918 fueled public anxiety; Brilliant Chang, a Chinese restaurant proprietor; and Edgar Manning, a jazz drummer from Jamaica--identified as the villains of the affair and invested with a highly charged sexual menace. Around them swirled a raffish group of seedy and rebellious hedonists. Britain was horrified and enthralled--the drug problem was born, amid a gush of exotic tabloid detail. A cult classic in Britain, "Dope Girls" remains both timely and instructive.

General

Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	November 2003
Authors:	Marek Kohn
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-86207-618-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-86207-618-9
Barcode:	9781862076181

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