- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Greystone Books (Sep 20 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1553650581
- ISBN-13: 978-1553650584
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 16.4 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #531,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Opium is a rich pipeful of so many fascinating facts, photographs, anecdotes and colour illustrations that the reader can open the book to any page and experience vicariously the intoxication of Hodgson's brilliant research." (Toronto Sun 20040804)
"A smoothly guided tour through the history of this often glamourized narcotic." (Publisher's Weekly 20040804)
"A terrifically glamourous short history of opium culture, all exquisitely illustrated in lush colour plates." (The Times )
"A smoothly guided tour through the history of this often glamourized narcotic." (Publisher's Weekly 20040804)
"A terrifically glamourous short history of opium culture, all exquisitely illustrated in lush colour plates." (The Times )
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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.
(20040804)
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The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum-the poppy that brings sleep, the source of the "drowsy syrup" in Shakespeare's Othello-is the beautiful flower that answers Farrere's desperate question of where to find his precious opium. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum-the poppy that brings sleep, the source of the "drowsy syrup" in Shakespeare's Othello-is the beautiful flower that answers Farrere's desperate question of where to find his precious opium. Read the first page
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