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Author Matthee, Rudolph P., 1953-

Title The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 346 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Safavid Period -- Chapter 1: General Overview: Iran between 1500 and 1900 -- Chapter 2: Wine in Safavid Iran I: Between Excess and Abstention -- Chapter 3: Wine in Safavid Iran II: Ambivalence and Prohibition -- Chapter 4: Opium in Safavid Iran: The Assimilated Drug -- Chapter 5: Tobacco in Safavid Iran: Pleasure and Proscription -- Chapter 6: Coffee in Safavid Iran: Commerce and Consumption
Part II: Qajar Period -- Chapter 7: Wine in Qajar Iran: From Flouting the Religious Law to Flaunting Unbelief -- Chapter 8: Opium and Tobacco in Qajar Iran: From Pleasure to Crash Crop and Emblem of the Nation -- Chapter 9: From Coffee to Tea: Shifting Patterns of Consumption in Qajar Iran -- Chapter 10: Drinking Tea in the Qahvah-khanah: The Politics of Consumption in Qajar Iran -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-334) and index
Notes English
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Subject Drug abuse -- Iran -- History
Drug utilization -- Iran -- History
Stimulants -- Iran -- History
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Drug abuse
Drug utilization
Stimulants
Opium
Genussmittel
Iran
Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0691144443
9780691144443
9781400832606
1400832608