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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
September 1, 2002
Pages
416
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393051896
ISBN-10
0393051897
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
2.15 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$29.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A chronicle of drug abuse throughout the last 500 years traces how drugs transformed from untested medicines to illegal pleasure sources, describing people and events that shaped its history, famous users, the industry today, and related issues. 13,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (September 1, 2002); titled "The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics"
9780393051896 | details & prices | 416 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A chronicle of drug abuse throughout the last 500 years traces how drugs transformed from untested medicines to illegal pleasure sources, describing people and events that shaped history, the industry today, and related issues.
About: A chronicle of drug abuse throughout the last 500 years traces how drugs transformed from untested medicines to illegal pleasure sources, describing people and events that shaped history, the industry today, and related issues.
from Diane Pub Co (July 30, 2002)
9780756781392 | details & prices | 576 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 2.18 lbs | List price $30.00
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (March 1, 2004); titled "The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics"
9780393325454 | details & prices | 584 pages | 5.25 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Written with encyclopedic scope, this candid, sober, hard-hitting history of the global drug trade takes the reader back five centuries to the origins of the modern narcotics industry in the Western world.
About: Written with encyclopedic scope, this candid, sober, hard-hitting history of the global drug trade takes the reader back five centuries to the origins of the modern narcotics industry in the Western world.
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