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Cannabis Britannica
James H. Mills
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Description for Cannabis Britannica
Paperback. The role of government in the regulation of cannabis is as hotly debated now as it was a century ago. In this lively study James Mills explores the historical background of cannabis legislation, arguing that the drive towards prohibition grew out of the politics of empire rather than scientific or rational assessment of the drug's use and effects. Num Pages: 260 pages, 8pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Cannabis Britannica explores the historical origins of the UK's legislation and regulations on cannabis preparations before 1928. It draws on published and unpublished sources from the seventeenth century onwards, from archives in the UK and India, to show how the history of cannabis and the British before the twentieth century was bound up with imperialism. James Mills argues that until the 1900s, most of the information and experience gathered by British sources were drawn from colonial contexts as imperial administrators governed and observed populations where use of cannabis was extensive and established. This is most obvious in the 1890s when ... Read more
Cannabis Britannica explores the historical origins of the UK's legislation and regulations on cannabis preparations before 1928. It draws on published and unpublished sources from the seventeenth century onwards, from archives in the UK and India, to show how the history of cannabis and the British before the twentieth century was bound up with imperialism. James Mills argues that until the 1900s, most of the information and experience gathered by British sources were drawn from colonial contexts as imperial administrators governed and observed populations where use of cannabis was extensive and established. This is most obvious in the 1890s when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199278817
SKU
V9780199278817
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Ref
99-2
Reviews for Cannabis Britannica
Review from previous edition an amusing book to read, very well researched, and eminently readable.
Ann Widdecombe, Radio 4 Today programme
Mills is even-handed in raising questions about the motives and methods of witnesses on all sides of the argument.
London Review of Books
Mills's conclusions are salutary in the current cannabis debate.
London Review ... Read more
Ann Widdecombe, Radio 4 Today programme
Mills is even-handed in raising questions about the motives and methods of witnesses on all sides of the argument.
London Review of Books
Mills's conclusions are salutary in the current cannabis debate.
London Review ... Read more