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A startling account of the history of drug abuse, this book forces us to reconsider many of our views on a controversial issue. Spanning five centuries and several continents in a sweeping portrait of addiction, The Pursuit of Oblivion traces the history of the use and abuse of... read more
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- America
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- Bengal
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- Constantinople
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- Philadelphia
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- Canton
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- Washington
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IN THE 1670s an English merchant seaman called Thomas Bowrey (1649?-1713) was plying his trade along the coast of Bengal together with other English sailors.
Authors & Contributors edit
- R. P. T. Davenport-Hines (Author)
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- Dewey: 909
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- Books › Medicine › Special Topics › History
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- Books › History › World
- Books › Medicine › Pharmacology
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