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The Making of Addiction

- The 'Use and Abuse' of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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What does drug addiction mean to us? This book uncovers the influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the 19th-century.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780754656333
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 208
  • Udgivet:
  • 28. december 2006
  • Størrelse:
  • 156x234x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 453 g.
  • 2-4 uger.
  • 9. april 2025
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What does drug addiction mean to us? This book uncovers the influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the 19th-century.

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