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Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America before 1965 / / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a new epilogue



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Autore: Courtwright David T. <1952-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Addicts who survived : an oral history of narcotic use in America before 1965 / / David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, and Don Des Jarlais ; with a new epilogue Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Knoxville : , : University of Tennessee Press, , 1989
©1989
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 399 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 362.2/93/0922
Soggetto topico: Drug abuse - United States - History - 20th century
Drug addicts - New York (State) - New York
Drug addicts - United States
Drug control - United States - History - 20th century
Altri autori: Des JarlaisDon <1945->  
JosephHerman <1931->  
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword to the 1989 Edition by Claude Brown; Acknowledgments; Alphabetical Table of Narratives; Introduction: The Classic Era of Narcotic Control; Part One: Becoming an Addict; 1. Turned On; 2. Hooked; 3. Hop; 4. The Needle; Part Two: In the Life; 5. Scoring; 6. Hustling; 7. Hooking; 8. Dealing; 9. Working; 10. Creating; 11. Busted; Part Three: Treatment; 12. The Clinics; 13. Lexington and Its Discontents; 14. Methadone Maintenance; Epilogue to the 1989 Edition: From Methadone to the Drug War; Epilogue to the 2012 Paperback Edition: America's Longest War; Appendix: The Interviews; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: The authors employ the techniques of oral history to penetrate the nether world of the drug user, giving us an engrossing portrait of life in the drug subculture during the ""classic"" era of strict narcotic control. Praise for the hardcover edition: ""A momentous book which I feel is destined to become a classic in the category of scholarly narcotic books.""-Claude Brown, author of the bestseller, Manchild in the Promised Land.""The drug literature is filled with the stereotyped opinions of non-addicted, middle-class pundits who have had little direct contact
Titolo autorizzato: Addicts who survived  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-57233-976-4
1-283-94836-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779320903321
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