Opium: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0312206674
- ISBN-13
- 9780312206673
- Series
- Opium
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-06-12
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Martin Booth
Description
A fascinating chronicle of opium's effect on the world's history and culture discusses its prehistoric use in religious rituals, its role in international wars and in great art, and the current state of the powerful heroin industry. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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