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Informationen zum Autor Born in New York in 1920, Paul Bowles is considered one of the most remarkable American authors of the twentieth century. He began his artistic career as a composer and travelled widely in Europe and North Africa, settling in Tangier with his novelist wife Jane in the 1940s. Bowles is often credited with being a literary inspiration to the Beat authors. Klappentext A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section - i: List of IllustrationsSection - ii: MapsIntroduction - iii: IntroductionUnit - 1: PART ONE: Ópion, afyun, opiumChapter - 1: The Ancient WorldChapter - 2: The Islamic Golden Age to the RenaissanceChapter - 3: The Silver Triangle and the Creation of Hong KongUnit - 2: PART TWO: In the Arms of MorpheusChapter - 4: The Romantics Meet Modern ScienceChapter - 5: The China CrisisChapter - 6: The American DiseaseUnit - 3: PART THREE: HeroinChapter - 7: A New Addiction, Prohibition and the Rise of the GangsterChapter - 8: From the Somme to SaigonChapter - 9: AfghanistanChapter - 10: Heroin Chic, HIV and Generation OxySection - iv: AfterwordAcknowledgements - v: AcknowledgementsSection - vi: NotesIndex - vii: Index
