The Making of Addiction: The 'Use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain

by Louise Foxcroft

Book Overview

This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138275360
• ISBN13: 9781138275362
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"