Cocaine - From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920

Informationen zum Autor Joseph F. Spillane is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida. He is the author of several books, including Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace in the United States, 1884-1920 , also published by Johns Hopkins. Klappentext Challenging "traditional thinking about both the 'rise' and 'fall' of drug problems, "Cocaine" examines phenomena that have eluded earlier students of drug history. Joseph Spillane explores the role of American business in fostering consumer interest in cocaine during the years when no law proscribed its use, the ways in which authorities and social agents tried nonetheless to establish informal controls on the substance, and the mixed results they achieved.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph F. Spillance, Joseph F. Spillane, Joseph F. (Associate Professor and Assoc Spillane
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2002
• EAN: 9780801871160
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7116-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Studies in Industry and Societ; Studies in Industry and Society; Studies in Industry and Societ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, drugs; history of cocaine; substance abuse