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Inventing the addict : drugs, race, and sexuality in nineteenth-century British and American literature / Susan Zieger.

The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee.

La droga della modernità : sociologia e storia di un fenomeno fra devianza e cultura / Luigi Caramiello.

Cannabis Britannica : empire, trade, and prohibition, 1800-1928 / James H. Mills.

Shooting up : a history of drugs and war / Lukasz Kamienski.

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Inventing the addict : drugs, race, and sexuality in nineteenth-century British and American literature / Susan Zieger.

The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / Rudi Matthee.

La droga della modernità : sociologia e storia di un fenomeno fra devianza e cultura / Luigi Caramiello.

Cannabis Britannica : empire, trade, and prohibition, 1800-1928 / James H. Mills.

Shooting up : a history of drugs and war / Lukasz Kamienski.