The Age of Intoxication
Origins of the Global Drug Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2826166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farren Yero (Duke University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135-136 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182168-8796506 |
| OpenAlex | W3129286542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Book Review| February 01 2021 The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade. By Breen, Benjamin. The Early Modern Americas. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Photograph. Illustration. Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 279 pp. Cloth, $34.95. Farren Yero Farren Yero Duke University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2021) 101 (1): 135–136. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796506 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Farren Yero; The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 February 2021; 101 (1): 135–136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796506 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Benjamin Breen's The Age of Intoxication is a profoundly ambitious project historicizing centuries of drug use and commodification across the globe. Tracing opium, quina, tobacco, and sugarcane, among other “drugs,” across imperial lines, Breen asks how and why certain substances became identifiably “legal” or “illegal” in our modern world (p. 6). This division, as he argues, is a result of early modern imperial contests that mapped commercial interests and subsequent concerns over racial and religious difference onto drugs themselves. If a drug could be divorced from its local use—including its preparation and cultural significance—it was more likely to be adopted into different European pharmacopoeia and subsequently legitimized as safe to consume. Of course, risk and safety are themselves historically contingent. Breen takes a wide geographical scope to unpack these concepts and their implications for drug merchants and users.In doing so, he... Copyright © 2021 by Duke University Press2021 You do not currently have access to this content
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |