This is a history of drugs and drug use in America. It provides a review of what is now a prominent feature of American culture, and it analyses the interplay between drugs, drug use, and society. Morgan's approach is chronological, covering an age of ""heroic"" therapy, the therapeutic revolution of the post-Civil War years, the moral fervour of the Progressive era and, finally, today's bewilderment.
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This is a history of drugs and drug use in America. It provides a review of what is now a prominent feature of American culture, and it analyses the interplay between drugs, drug use, and society. Morgan's approach is chronological, covering an age of ""heroic"" therapy, the therapeutic revolution of the post-Civil War years, the moral fervour of the Progressive era and, finally, today's bewilderment.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 233 p. LCCN 81014613 Type of material Book Personal name Morgan, H. Wayne (Howard Wayne) Main title Drugs in America: a social history, 1800-1980 / by H. Wayne Morgan. Edition 1st ed. Published/Created Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1981. Description xi, 233 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN LC classification HV5825. M669 LC Subjects Drug abuse--United States--History. Other Subjects Substance abuse--History--United States. Substance dependence--History--United States. Narcotics--History--United States. Social problems--History--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 362.2/93/0973 Geographic area code n-us---NLM class no. WM 11 AA1 M8d
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
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