Consuming habits: drugs in history and anthropology
Medicina e historia April 1, 1996 D. Harley
Jordan Goodman, Paul E Lovejoy and Andrew Sherratt (eds), Consuming habits: drugs in history and anthropology, London and New York, Routledge, 1995, pp. xii, 244, £35.00 (0-415-09039-3). A persistent feature of human cultures is the use of substances that alter mental states, which are incorporated into rituals, social life, and patterns of trade. These substances have occupied a somewhat...