Ambivalent pleasures soft drugs and embodied anxiety in early modern Europe / Scott K. Taylor.
| Author/creator | Taylor, Scott K., 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2024] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Stained with Spots of Human Blood : Disgust, Pleasure, and the Senses -- Chocolate, or an Indian Drink : The Cultural Geography of Drugs and Alcohol -- Who from Excess Is Free? Medicine and Addiction -- Do We Take Physick Every Day? Early Modern Wellness and Self-Medication -- And So the Game Goes Round : Women and Sociability -- Who Should Poison the People? The Ethics of Commerce -- Conclusion : An English Opium-Eater. |
| Abstract | "Tracing the moral and medical panics about addictive commodities that flourished after tobacco, chocolate, sugar, coffee, tea, and gin were introduced into Europe as a result of early modern colonial exploitation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Taylor, Scott K., 1969- Ambivalent pleasures Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024 9781501775468 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023058423 |
| ISBN | 9781501775482 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781501775475 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |