Consuming Pleasures [electronic resource] : Australia and the International Drug Business
John Rainford2010
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Tracing the international and Australian history of both licit and illicit drug
use, this investigation combines the topic of drug use with analyses of
political power, the rise of the market, and social issues. It examines the way
in which drug consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade by first
looking at the start of the opium-growing industry and the racist origins of
drug laws. Providing a social history of drug use through the lens of
international politics, market forces, medicine, and race, this discussion also
considers the paradox of contemporary, white Australian identity and an
Australia as a nation of people whose per capita drug consumption often equals
and surpasses that of most other nations.
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Author:
John Rainford, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Fremantle Press, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (1 piece, 400 pages,)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781921696732
Language:
English
BRN:
434934
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