The smoke of the gods [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of tobacco / / Eric Burns

• Autore: Burns Eric
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 394.1/4
• Soggetto topico: Tobacco use - History; Tobacco - Social aspects; Tobacco - United States - History; Smoking - History; Antismoking movement - History; Antismoking movement - United States - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION The Ancient World; ONE The Old World; TWO The Enemies of Tobacco; THREE The Politics of Tobacco; FOUR The Rise of Tobacco; FIVE Rush to Judgment; SIX Ghost, Body, and Soul; SEVEN The Cigarette; EIGHT The Carry Nation of Tobacco; NINE The Last Good Time; TEN The Case against Tobacco; ELEVEN The Turning Point; EPILOGUE "The Ten O'Clock People"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Fox News Watch"" host Eric Burns, who chronicled the social history of alcohol in The Spirits of America turns to tobacco in The Smoke of the Gods. Ranging from ancient times to the present day, The Smoke of the Gods is a lively history of tobacco, especially in the United States. Although tobacco use is controversial in the U.S. today, Burns reminds us that this was not always the case. For centuries tobacco was generally thought to have medicinal and even spiritual value. Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were tobacco users or growers, or bot
• Titolo autorizzato: The smoke of the gods
• ISBN: 1-281-09372-6; 9786611093723; 1-59213-482-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784274803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II