The Secret Leprosy of Modern Days : Narcotic Addiction and Cultural Crisis in the United States, 1870-1920
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1558495665
ISBN-13
9781558495661
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint
University of Massachusetts Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2007
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
310 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.40 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesDrug & substance abuse: social aspects
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Resituates the idea of addiction within its original late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century context. Through readings of a range of literary, medical, and legal texts, the author shows how Americans of that era conceptualized the dangers of drug addiction in terms of other preoccupations and fears.
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