Inglis, L: Milk of Paradise
(Sprache: Englisch)
Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain - and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport and refine, and subject to an insatiable...
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Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain - and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand.In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from poppy juice to heroin, from morphine to today's synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.
'Fabulous . . . Milk of Paradise is a triumph, epic in scale and full of humanity.' The Times
'Inglis has graced her pages with tales and medical snippets to provide enough information to feed a small library. This must be opium's definitive history.' Julie Peakman, History Today
'If only all historians could write like Lucy Inglis.' Paul Lay, The Best History Books of 2018, fivebooks.com
'A deeply researched and captivating book.' The Economist
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Section - i: List of Illustrations Section - ii: Maps Introduction - iii: Introduction Unit - 1: PART ONE: Ópion, afyun, opium Chapter - 1: The Ancient World Chapter - 2: The Islamic Golden Age to the Renaissance Chapter - 3: The Silver Triangle and the Creation of Hong Kong Unit - 2: PART TWO: In the Arms of Morpheus Chapter - 4: The Romantics Meet Modern Science Chapter - 5: The China Crisis Chapter - 6: The American Disease Unit - 3: PART THREE: Heroin Chapter - 7: A New Addiction, Prohibition and the Rise of the Gangster Chapter - 8: From the Somme to Saigon Chapter - 9: Afghanistan Chapter - 10: Heroin Chic, HIV and Generation Oxy Section - iv: Afterword Acknowledgements - v: Acknowledgements Section - vi: Notes Index - vii: Index
Autoren-Porträt von Lucy Inglis
Lucy Inglis is a historian and novelist, a speaker, and occasionally a television presenter and voice on the radio. She is the creator of the award-winning Georgian London blog and her book of the same name, was shortlisted for the History Today Longman Prize. She is also the author of two novels for young adults, including City of Halves, which was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase award and Crow Mountain. She lives in London.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Lucy Inglis
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 18 Jahre
- XXIV, 440 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1447286111
- ISBN-13: 9781447286110
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.05.2019
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Englisch
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