Opium: A History Paperback - 1999
by Martin Booth
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This full-length history of opium uncovers the multi-faceted nature of this remarkable narcotic and the bittersweet effects of a simple poppy with a deadly legacy.
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Details
- Title Opium: A History
- Author Martin Booth
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Condition New
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Griffin, New York
- Date 1999
- Bookseller's Inventory # x-0312206674
- ISBN 9780312206673 / 0312206674
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Scottish
- Library of Congress subjects Opium habit - History, Opium trade - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98014851
- Dewey Decimal Code 615
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The opium poppy is botanically classified as Papaver somniferum.
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 121
- New York Times, 08/08/1999, Page 24
- Publishers Weekly, 08/30/1999, Page 46