{"product_id":"drugs-in-america-a-social-history-1800-1980-paperback","title":"Drugs in America: A Social History, 1800-1980 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. Wayne Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly in the last hundred years have the realities of drug use in America--particularly of opiates, chloral hydrate, cannabis, cocaine, and the chemical drugs of the twentieth century--run counter to a growing country's image of itself as rational. efficient, and independent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early and mid-nineteenth century the image of the prescribing physician as a reliable figure of authority and knowledge, and the widespread use and sanction of opium, \"God's own medicine,\" masked the dangers of addiction and drug abuse. But spreading addiction, especially among women, infants, and physicians themselves; visible, debilitating effects on users; and racial stereotyping-- the Chinese\u003cbr\u003ewith opium, and later blacks with cocaine, and Mexicans with marihuana--challenged late nineteenth-century America's vision of a healthy and productive society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon a wealth of untapped primary resources, Morgan traces changes in the popular attitude toward drug use over the past two centuries; the rise of legal restrictions; the prolific \"cure\" business; the idea of drug use as enslaving, unamerican, and unpatriotic; and from the 1920s to the 1950s the linking of drugs with a new spirit of social rebellion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. Wayne Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is George Lynn Cross Research Professor emeritus and former chair of the department of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eWilliam McKinley and His America.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.08 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53052755706080,"sku":"9780815622826","price":36.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/XWOgzAqOjW9780815622826.webp?v=1781286268","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/drugs-in-america-a-social-history-1800-1980-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}