The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics

Richard Davenport-Hines examines how licit medicines developed into a huge illegal business. Drawing on evidence from different continents and cultures across five centuries, this book offers a sharply opinionated history of drugs.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/17/2004
ISBN: 9780393325454
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.52w x 1.08d