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Getting High: Marijuana through the Ages
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Publication date
February 9, 2016
Pages
157
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781442254695
ISBN-10
1442254696
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$22.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This fascinating book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored.
Beginning with the familiar âoutbreakâ of the 1960s, Chasteen unearths successive layers of marijuanaâs history. Written with insight, clarity, sophistication, and good humor, this deeply informed work discusses the cultivation of cannabis and its many forms, including hemp, one of the worldâs principal fiber crops. After a tour of Latin America, Africa, India, and the Muslim world, Chasteen concludes that unlike alcohol marijuana has always flourished outside the mainstream. Its principal users have been creative outsiders of many kindsâmystics, artists, musicians, free thinkers, and spiritual seekersâas well as poor laborers attracted by its low cost. Marijuana, it seems, is a mind-expanding drug after all, and Chasteen explores its rich heritage with captivating insight.
Beginning with the familiar âoutbreakâ of the 1960s, Chasteen unearths successive layers of marijuanaâs history. Written with insight, clarity, sophistication, and good humor, this deeply informed work discusses the cultivation of cannabis and its many forms, including hemp, one of the worldâs principal fiber crops. After a tour of Latin America, Africa, India, and the Muslim world, Chasteen concludes that unlike alcohol marijuana has always flourished outside the mainstream. Its principal users have been creative outsiders of many kindsâmystics, artists, musicians, free thinkers, and spiritual seekersâas well as poor laborers attracted by its low cost. Marijuana, it seems, is a mind-expanding drug after all, and Chasteen explores its rich heritage with captivating insight.
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Hardcover
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from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (February 9, 2016)
9781442254695 | details & prices | 157 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.95
About: This fascinating book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years.
About: This fascinating book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years.
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