Getting High: Marijuana in World History

Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage with captivating insight. Among the first domesticated plants, Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored.

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Getting High: Marijuana in World History

Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage with captivating insight. Among the first domesticated plants, Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored.

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Getting High: Marijuana in World History

Getting High: Marijuana in World History

by John Charles Chasteen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Getting High: Marijuana in World History

Getting High: Marijuana in World History

by John Charles Chasteen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Overview

Noted historian John Chasteen traces the global history of marijuana, exploring its rich heritage with captivating insight. Among the first domesticated plants, Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538161968
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/06/2021
Series: Exploring World History
Edition description: Updated Edition
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.07(w) x 9.01(h) x 0.52(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John Charles Chasteenis professor of history emeritus at UNC Chapel Hill. His classic Born in Blood and Fire is among the most widely read histories of Latin America in the English language. His other books include Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos, National Rhythms, African Roots: A Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance, and Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence.

Table of Contents

1 Getting High

Trouble with the Police

Meet the Cannabis Plant

2 American Century

The Early Years

The Marihuana Tax Act, 1937

Rise and Fall of the Counterculture

Drug War, Culture War

News Flash

3 Atlantic World

Hemp and Rum, Strategic Resources

Mexico, and a Mystery

Colombia and Jamaica

Brazil and the African Connection

Africa, South of the Congo

4 Medieval Hashish

Wine versus Hashish

Hashish in Muslim Society

God’s Unruly Friends

The Assassin Legend

Not for Everybody

5 Asian Origins

Historic India

The Prehistoric Eurasian Steppes

The Silk Road and Beyond

The Earliest Horizon

6 Epiphanies

Glossary

Sources and Asides

Index

About the Author

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