Louise Foxcroft

The Making of Addiction

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a newly emerging pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the nineteenth century. Letters, diaries and newspapers are drawn upon to detail personal struggles with addiction and the trials of those who cared and despaired.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780754656333
• ISBN-10: 0754656330
• Artikelnr.: 69936470

Autorenporträt

Louise Foxcroft is an Independent Scholar based in Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Part 1 The Cultural History of Addiction in 19th-century Britain: The experience of addiction in the early-19th century
Interpretations of 19th-century addiction: fact and fiction
The Chinese influence. Part 2 The Medical History of Addiction in 19th-century Britain: Poisonous drugs and the medical profession in the 19th century
Observation and experience: the enquiries of medicine into addiction
Late-19th-century theories of addiction: the pathologist, the physician and the philosopher. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.