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Culture, Society, and Drugs: The Social Science Approach to Drug Use
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Culture, Society, and Drugs: The Social Science Approach to Drug Use
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by Ed Knipe
Sales Rank : 1208237
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Paperback: 486 pages
Publisher: Waveland Press May 1995
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0881338419
ISBN-13: 978-0881338416
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Book Description
A pioneering volume on drugs, drug use, and the role of drugs in different cultures! Coca leaf chewing in the Andes. Opium dens in Laos and England. African beer gardens. Kava drinking in Polynesia. Marihuana and ganga. The Huichol peyote hunt. Heroin in Detroit. Bottle gangs. Siberian shamans. This engrossing volume tackles many important and fascinating aspects of drugs as they function in societies and cultures around the world and throughout history. Grounded in social science issues and employing the kinds of questions social scientists ask, Knipe's extensive coverage brings social science methodology to life and, through multiple examples, illuminates a deeper understanding of drugs, drug use, and the role of drugs in different sociocultural systems. The relationship between drugs and religion, economics, politics, and other aspects of culture offers a unique vehicle for illustrating basic descriptive concepts from the social sciences. Such analytic principles, in turn, offer the opportunity for more informed answers to questions such as "Why do people care so much about drugs-- whether in favor of them or in opposition?" This volume will offer rich rewards to anyone who invests the time and effort to read it closely.
Publisher Description
Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: de Rios, Visionary Vine: Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon (ISBN 0881330930); Furst, Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens (ISBN 0881334774); and Singer, Something Dangerous: Emergent and Changing Illicit Drug Use and Community Health (ISBN 1577663764).
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