| Description |
408 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles (some color) ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Smoking in history and culture -- Smoking in art and literature -- Smoking, gender and ethnicity -- Smoking: the burning issue |
| Summary |
People have always smoked, and they probably always will. Every culture in recorded history has smoked something, whether for pleasure or relief, whether as part of an elaborate religious ritual or merely to strike a pose. This is the first truly comprehensive history of smoking, describinbg all of its forms, practices, paraphernalia and materials, in cultures, locations and times throughout the world |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393) and index |
| Subject |
Smoking.
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Drugs of abuse -- Physiological effect.
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Smoking in literature -- History and criticism.
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Smoking paraphernalia.
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Smoking in popular music.
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Drugs of abuse -- Social aspects.
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Tobacco -- Physiological effect.
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Drugs of abuse -- History.
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Tobacco -- History.
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Smoking in literature.
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Smoking in art.
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Smoking in motion pictures.
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Smoking -- History.
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Smoking -- Social aspects.
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Smoking -- history.
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Tobacco.
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Culture.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Gilman, Sander L.
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Zhou, Xun, 1968-
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| LC no. |
2007310116 |
| ISBN |
1861892004 |
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