Smoke: A Global History of Smoking

by Sander L. Gilman and Zhou Xun

Book Overview

Human beings have always smoked, and they probably always will. Every culture in recorded history has smoked something, whether as a cure or for pleasure, whether as part of a ritual or as an aspect of popular culture. It is curious, then, that no history of smoking has been written based on the assumption that smoking - in all of its forms and products - is a cultural phenomenon common to all human societies.

Smoke: A Global History of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861892004
• ISBN13: 9781861892003
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 10.2"