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High Society: Mind-altering Drugs in History & Culture by Mike Jay
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A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day.
Every society is a high society. Every day, people drink coffee on European terraces, chew betel nut in Indonesian markets, take coca leaf on Andean mountainsides and smoke tobacco in every nation on earth. Mike Jay’s global history of intoxication looks at the earliest archaeological evidence of drug use, the botanicals of the classical world, the mind-bending self-experiments of early scientists and today's ‘war on drugs’.
In High Society Jay paints vivid portraits of the roles that drugs play as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols and trade goods. He traces the understanding of intoxicants from prehistory to the present, and reveals how the international trade in substances such as tobacco, tea and opium shaped the modern world. First published to accompany the highly successful exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, and now featuring a new preface, this striking and lyrical book remains one of the most complete explorations of drug use in cultures across the world.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
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Author: Mike Jay
Format: Paperback
Size: 126 mm x 198 mm
Pages: 208
A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day.
Every society is a high society. Every day, people drink coffee on European terraces, chew betel nut in Indonesian markets, take coca leaf on Andean mountainsides and smoke tobacco in every nation on earth. Mike Jay’s global history of intoxication looks at the earliest archaeological evidence of drug use, the botanicals of the classical world, the mind-bending self-experiments of early scientists and today's ‘war on drugs’.
In High Society Jay paints vivid portraits of the roles that drugs play as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols and trade goods. He traces the understanding of intoxicants from prehistory to the present, and reveals how the international trade in substances such as tobacco, tea and opium shaped the modern world. First published to accompany the highly successful exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, and now featuring a new preface, this striking and lyrical book remains one of the most complete explorations of drug use in cultures across the world.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Mike Jay
Format: Paperback
Size: 126 mm x 198 mm
Pages: 208
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A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day.
Every society is a high society. Every day, people drink coffee on European terraces, chew betel nut in Indonesian markets, take coca leaf on Andean mountainsides and smoke tobacco in every nation on earth. Mike Jay’s global history of intoxication looks at the earliest archaeological evidence of drug use, the botanicals of the classical world, the mind-bending self-experiments of early scientists and today's ‘war on drugs’.
In High Society Jay paints vivid portraits of the roles that drugs play as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols and trade goods. He traces the understanding of intoxicants from prehistory to the present, and reveals how the international trade in substances such as tobacco, tea and opium shaped the modern world. First published to accompany the highly successful exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, and now featuring a new preface, this striking and lyrical book remains one of the most complete explorations of drug use in cultures across the world.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Mike Jay
Format: Paperback
Size: 126 mm x 198 mm
Pages: 208
A global history of intoxication, exploring the international spectrum of drug use in cultures across the world, from prehistory to the present day.
Every society is a high society. Every day, people drink coffee on European terraces, chew betel nut in Indonesian markets, take coca leaf on Andean mountainsides and smoke tobacco in every nation on earth. Mike Jay’s global history of intoxication looks at the earliest archaeological evidence of drug use, the botanicals of the classical world, the mind-bending self-experiments of early scientists and today's ‘war on drugs’.
In High Society Jay paints vivid portraits of the roles that drugs play as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols and trade goods. He traces the understanding of intoxicants from prehistory to the present, and reveals how the international trade in substances such as tobacco, tea and opium shaped the modern world. First published to accompany the highly successful exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, and now featuring a new preface, this striking and lyrical book remains one of the most complete explorations of drug use in cultures across the world.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Mike Jay
Format: Paperback
Size: 126 mm x 198 mm
Pages: 208
All shipping times are dependent on the shipping option chosen at checkout.
UK – 1-5 business days from despatch
Europe – 1-2 weeks from despatch
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks from despatch
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.
All shipping times are dependent on the shipping option chosen at checkout.
UK – 1-5 business days from despatch
Europe – 1-2 weeks from despatch
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks from despatch
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.
