High Society
Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture
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2010
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-25172-0 (ISBN)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-25172-0 (ISBN)
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Explores the spectrum of drug use across the globe and throughout history, from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals.
High Society explores the spectrum of drug use across the globe and throughout history, from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals. Designed to accompany the 2010 Wellcome Collection exhibition, and beautifully illustrated with rarely seen material from the museum’s collections, this striking, lyrical book puts its controversial subject into the widest possible context.
High Society explores the spectrum of drug use across the globe and throughout history, from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals. Designed to accompany the 2010 Wellcome Collection exhibition, and beautifully illustrated with rarely seen material from the museum’s collections, this striking, lyrical book puts its controversial subject into the widest possible context.
Mike Jay has written widely on the cultural history of science, medicine and the mind. His books include The Influencing Machine, The Story of James Tilly Matthews and his Confinement in Eighteenth-century Bedlam and High Society: Mind-altering Drugs in History and Culture. He reviews regularly for The London Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal. This Way Madness Lies was written in conjunction with the exhibition 'Bedlam: the asylum and beyond', which he co-curated for the Wellcome Collection in London. He is a research affiliate of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and a trustee of the Bethlem Art and History Collection.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Illustrations, black and white; 142 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-500-25172-X / 050025172X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-500-25172-0 / 9780500251720 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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