Heldaas Seland Eivind - A Global History Of The Ancient World Asia Europe And Africa Before Islam - Paperback Strategy Barcode: 5060263728405

Barcode: 5060263728405

The authors examine and assess the following key topics: How drugs feature in anthropology and the work of anthropologists and the general role of drugs in society Comparison between biochemical and pharmacological approaches to drugs and bio - socio - cultural models of understanding drugs Evolutionary origins of psychotropic drug sensitivity and archaeological evidence for the spread of psychoactive substances in pre - history Drugs in spiritual and religions contexts considering their role in altered states of consciousness divination and healing Stimulant drugs and the ambivalence with which they are treated in society Addiction and dependency Drug economies livelihoods and the production and distribution segments of drug commodity chains Drug policies and drug wars Drugs race and gender The future of the study of drugs and anthropological professional engagements with solving drug problems With the inclusion of chapter summaries and many examples further reading and case studies including drug tourism drug industries in the Philippines and Mexico Afghanistan and the Golden Triangle and the opioid crisis in North America The Anthropology of Drugs is an ideal introduction for those coming to the topic for the first time and also for those working in the professional and health sectors

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Heldaas Seland Eivind - A Global History Of The Ancient World Asia Europe And Africa Before Islam - Paperback Strategy Barcode: 5060263728405Binding: Paperback Description: Ancient history has traditionally focused on Greece and Rome. This book takes a global approach to the distant past following the development of human societies across the globe from the last Ice Age 11,700 years ago to the rise of Islam in the seventh century CE. The only book of its kind A Global History of the Ancient World provides succinct narratives of the first Asian African and European civilizations and their