THE PURSUIT OF OBLIVION : A GLOBAL HISTORY OF NARCOTICS 1500 - 2000

Book ID/图书代码： 10010001B03337

English Summary/英文概要： The first ever comprehensive single-volume history of narcotics and illicit stimulants.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 过去的五个世纪，人们是如何改变对毒品的看法？哪些毒品是合法和不合法？作者在本书中记录了毒品的发明，揭露了狄更斯，弗洛伊德，乔治五世，维多利亚女王，玛丽莲梦露等名人不为人所知的吸毒习惯。毒品是如何在全世界销售。东印度公司和素药厂如何销售药品尤其是麻醉剂。尽管严厉打击非法药物使用，但是并没有得到有效控制，以富有洞察力的眼光，为读者呈现了一个客观的历史画面。(BY)

Awards/获奖情况：Illegal drugs are a bad thing. That is the knee-jerk reaction of the public, rightly concerned about the health and social effects of various narcotics and stimulants. But why are some drugs legal and others illegal? And how has our attitude to mind-altering substances changed over the last five centuries? In this superb, all-encompassing social history, the author chronicles the discovery and invention of drugs from laudanum, opium and Indian hemp, to cocaine, LSD and ecstasy. With copious footnotes and a wide range of sources, he presents entertaining anecdotes and sobering statistics. Who would remember now, for example, that Freud was a prime publicist for cocaine, extolling its miracle properties in weaning addicts from heroin, and praising its non-addictive properties? He takes us deep into a Victorian demi-monde where morphine-based products were regularly used to dose ’hysterical’ women and squalling babies, and examines the pros and cons of worldwide legislation that has brought about a nominal prohibition of many drugs, yet resulted in addictive misery for millions. A compelling and insightful look at an age-old problem. ---Kirkus UK

About the Author/作者介绍： Richard Davenport-Hines is a past winner of the Wolfson Prize for History and contributes regularly to the TLS, Sunday Times, Independent and Nature.
英国作家，著名著作W. H. Auden的传记，曾获Wolfson奖，现为星期日泰晤士报，TSL等撰稿。

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