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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics Paperback - 2004
by Richard Davenport-Hines
In this uniquely comprehensive history of drugs and their role in society, award-winning historian Davenport-Hines examines how illicit medicines developed into a huge illegal business. Drawing on evidence from five centuries, "The Pursuit of Oblivion" is considered the standard work on this subject of global importance.
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IN THE 1670s an English merchant seaman called Thomas Bowrey (1649?-1713) was plying his trade along the coast of Bengal together with other English sailors.
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- Title The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics
- Author Richard Davenport-Hines
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 586
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-03-17
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780393325454 / 0393325458
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.52 x 1.08 in (20.88 x 14.02 x 2.74 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects History, Drug traffic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002071908
- Dewey Decimal Code 363.450
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