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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Close to like new condition, light crease on cover”
- Book Title
- Opium : A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon Paperback Barbara Hodgso
- Features
- EX-LIBRARY
- ISBN
- 9781553650584
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Greystone Books LTD.
ISBN-10
1553650581
ISBN-13
9781553650584
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30788067
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Publication Name
Opium : a Portrait of the Heavenly Demon
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology, Popular Culture
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
A terrifically glamourous short history of opium culture, all exquisitely illustrated in lush colour plates. - The Times
Dewey Edition
21
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.29/3
Synopsis
An exquisitely illustrated and fascinating short history of opium culture. "Opium" will open people's eyes to the bizarre and shocking history of a drug that began with use in religious ceremonies, then raised high hopes as a cure for many ills in Victorian times and was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, leading to its horrific consequences today. In her meticulously researched text, Barbara Hodgson delves into the nature and history of opium, focusing on its exotic incarnation as a drug to be smoked. As well as examining its factual historyin memoirs, science, and travel booksshe explores portrayals of opium use in fiction and film. The book captures the heady essence of the opium era and is packed with illustrations that trace the changing image of the drug: artifacts and apparatus of opium use; illustrations of opium dens in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Toulon, and Canton; portraits of drug-taking writers; lurid covers of nineteenth-century illustrated newspapers and twentieth-century pulp-fiction drug titles; and stills from drug-related films. Text and images in this beautifully designed book perfectly evoke the insiduous allure and devastating dangers of opium smoking. ", Opium was first used in a surprising venue -- religious ceremonies -- but soon passed into common usage as a cure for various ailments during Victorian times; a resonant symbol of the romantic, dissolute East; and an inducer of fever dreams and worse in those who failed to resist its lure. This beautifully designed book captures the heady essence of opium history and culture. Drawing on memoirs, science, and travel books, Opium traces the changing image of the drug through artifacts and apparatus of its use; illustrations of opium dens in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Toulon, and Canton; portraits of drug-taking writers, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Théophile Gautier, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, and Graham Greene; lurid covers of 19th-century illustrated newspapers and 20th-century pulp-fiction drug titles; and stills from drug-related films that resonate with opium's insidious, enduring allure., An exquisitely illustrated and fascinating short history of opium culture. Opium will open people's eyes to the bizarre and shocking history of a drug that began with use in religious ceremonies, then raised high hopes as a cure for many ills in Victorian times and was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, leading to its horrific consequences today. In her meticulously researched text, Barbara Hodgson delves into the nature and history of opium, focusing on its exotic incarnation as a drug to be smoked. As well as examining its factual history--in memoirs, science, and travel books--she explores portrayals of opium use in fiction and film. The book captures the heady essence of the opium era and is packed with illustrations that trace the changing image of the drug: artifacts and apparatus of opium use; illustrations of opium dens in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Toulon, and Canton; portraits of drug-taking writers; lurid covers of nineteenth-century illustrated newspapers and twentieth-century pulp-fiction drug titles; and stills from drug-related films. Text and images in this beautifully designed book perfectly evoke the insiduous allure and devastating dangers of opium smoking., Opium will open people's eyes to the bizarre and shocking history of a drug that began with use in religious ceremonies, then raised high hopes as a cure for many ills in Victorian times and was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, leading to its horrific consequences today. In her meticulously researched text, Barbara Hodgson delves into the nature and history of opium, focusing on its exotic incarnation as a drug to be smoked. As well as examining its factual history-in memoirs, science, and travel books-she explores portrayals of opium use in fiction and film. This beautifully designed and well-written book leaves no doubt that opium deserves its feared place in the pantheon of drugs., An exquisitely illustrated and fascinating short history of opium culture. "Opium" will open people's eyes to the bizarre and shocking history of a drug that began with use in religious ceremonies, then raised high hopes as a cure for many ills in Victorian times and was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, leading to its horrific consequences today. In her meticulously researched text, Barbara Hodgson delves into the nature and history of opium, focusing on its exotic incarnation as a drug to be smoked. As well as examining its factual history--in memoirs, science, and travel books--she explores portrayals of opium use in fiction and film. The book captures the heady essence of the opium era and is packed with illustrations that trace the changing image of the drug: artifacts and apparatus of opium use; illustrations of opium dens in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Toulon, and Canton; portraits of drug-taking writers; lurid covers of nineteenth-century illustrated newspapers and twentieth-century pulp-fiction drug titles; and stills from drug-related films. Text and images in this beautifully designed book perfectly evoke the insiduous allure and devastating dangers of opium smoking.
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- j***8 (508)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem arrived very quickly and was packaged very well! Top notch seller! Will do business again! Recommend seller!Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats LP experimental industrial (#197278074193)
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