The control of fuddle and flash : a sociological history of the regulation of alcohol and opiates /
"The Control of Fuddle and Flash: A Sociological History of the Regulation of Alcohol and Opiates provides a historical and comparative overview describing the regulation of the use of alcohol and drugs (opiates) in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It explains the cond...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Boston :
Brill,
2000
Leiden ; Boston : 2000 Leiden ; Boston : 2000 |
| Series: | International studies in sociology and social anthropology
v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology, v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology v. 76 International studies in sociology and social anthropology v. 76 |
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Table of Contents:
- Taxonomy of intoxicants
- The supply side: alcohol
- The supply side: opiates
- The colonial opium trade
- Excise taxes on alcohol: three countries
- Physicians as suppliers
- Industrialization and the war on alcohol
- Physicians as detoxifiers
- The dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply
- Summary and conclusions
- note: 1 taxonomy of intoxicants
- alternative classification
- Developments in neurophysiology
- mechanism of alcohol
- action of opiates
- lessons of ethology
- 2. supply side: alcohol
- control of yeast
- Beer, wine and strong liquor
- Commercialization and increased scale of operations
- 3. supply side: opiates
- domestication of Papaver somniferum
- three markets for opium
- 4. colonial opium trade
- Britain and the Netherlands: a profitable trade
- global regulation of opiates: the role played by the United States
- 5. Excise taxes on alcohol: three countries
- sociology of taxation
- Alcohol excise and state formation in the Netherlands and Britain
- Alcohol excise and state formation in the United States
- 6. Physicians as suppliers
- origins of national medical regimes for opiates
- Morphine and the hypodermic syringe
- 7. Industrialization and the war on alcohol
- Three paces of industrialization
- temperance movement and its origins
- anti-alcohol struggle: three variants
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- 8. Physicians as detoxifiers
- Alcoholism: from sin to syndrome
- Medical practitioners and opiate addiction: a history of delayed reaction
- From sin to sickness - and back again? The modern addiction syndrome
- 9. dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply
- US Prohibition: 1920-1933
- illegal market for opiates: 1912 to the present day
- Illegal drug markets: global features
- 10. Summary and conclusions
- State formation and the regulation of introxicants
- Physicians as suppliers
- Industrialization and the anti-alcohol movement
- Physicians as detoxifiers
- dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply
- Coda.
- 1 A taxonomy of intoxicants. An alternative classification. Developments in neurophysiology. the mechanism of alcohol. The action of opiates. The lessons of ethology
- 2. The supply side: alcohol. The control of yeast. Beer, wine and strong liquor. Commercialization and increased scale of operations
- 3. The supply side: opiates. The domestication of Papaver somniferum. The three markets for opium
- 4. The colonial opium trade. Britain and the Netherlands: a profitable trade. The global regulation of opiates: the role played by the United States
- 5. Excise taxes on alcohol: three countries. The sociology of taxation. Alcohol excise and state formation in the Netherlands and Britain. Alcohol excise and state formation in the United States
- 6. Physicians as suppliers. The origins of national medical regimes for opiates. Morphine and the hypodermic syringe
- 7. Industrialization and the war on alcohol. Three paces of industrialization. The temperance movement and its origins. The anti-alcohol struggle: three variants. Coda
- 8. Physicians as detoxifiers. Alcoholism: from sin to syndrome. Medical practitioners and opiate addiction: a history of delayed reaction. From sin to sickness - and back again? The modern addiction syndrome
- 9. The dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply. US Prohibition: 1920-1933. The illegal market for opiates: 1912 to the present day. Illegal drug markets: global features
- 10. Summary and conclusions. State formation and the regulation of introxicants. Physicians as suppliers. Industrialization and the anti-alcohol movement. Physicians as detoxifiers. The dynamics of prohibition and illegal supply. Coda.