Brain-robbers : how alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have changed human history / Frances R....
Brain-robbers : how alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have changed human history / Frances R....
Brain-robbers : how alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have changed human history / Frances R. Frankenburg.
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
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G 2014/3772
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English
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Physical content
vi, 349 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Alcohol -- Why we need water -- Fermentation -- Distillation -- Alcohol and the Addams Family: the scourge of intemperance -- Patent medicines, Lydia Pinkham, and the great American fraud -- Carry nation: hatchetation against saloonacy -- Cocaine -- Sniffing cocaine, heroin, and tobacco -- William S...
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Publisher
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
A psychiatrist examines how the world's four most important mind-altering substances such as alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates, have played a significant role throughout human history, and explains how these powerful drugs affect the brain and cause addiction. -- Provided by publisher.
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Brain-robbers : how alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates have changed human history / Frances R. Frankenburg.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/3772
Record Identifier
74VKKPDJ5XMM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKPDJ5XMM
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ISBN
1440829314 (alk. paper)
9781440829314 (alk. paper)
DDC
362.29
MMS ID
991021755579702626
