Opium
a history
1st U.S. ed.
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Author
Publication
1998 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
95,250 words, Guess
Page Count
381 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL355181M
- ISBN-100312186436
- OCLC Control Numberopiumhistory00boot
- Library of Congress Control Number98014951
- LibraryThing324584
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- Goodreads1567108
Classifications
- DDC615/.32335
- LCCHV5816 .B66 1998
Description
This history of the drug opium examines its multi-faceted nature, spanning centuries and continents. The book explores the cultivation, spread, usages and influences of the drug which has, on one hand, led to the use of heroin, and on the other, is an income for peasant farmers in the Third World.
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- Opium
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