The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics, 1500-2000 by Richard Davenport-Hines

The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics, 1500-2000

Richard Davenport-Hines

466 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Although it should become the standard account of the subject, this book is no dry academic tome: Davenport-Hines is one of the great historical story tellers and The Pursuit of Oblivion, though serious in purpose, contains a dazzling array of str...

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