Consuming Habits: Global and Historical Perspectives on How Cultures Define Drugs: Drugs in History and Anthropology

Covering a wide range of substances, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages.

Author: Jordan Goodman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/10/2007
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.42w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780415425827

About the Author

Jordan Goodman is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL. His publications include The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea (2005). Paul E. Lovejoy is Distinguished Research Professor and holds the Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History at York University. His publications include Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (2nd edition, 2000). Andrew Sherratt was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. His most recent book was Economy and society in prehistoric Europe: changing perspectives (1997).