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Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance with Illegal Drugs by Jill Jonnes (1996, Book, Illustrated)

Author: Jill Jonnes | Publisher: Scribner | Language: English
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Key Details
Author:Jill Jonnes
Language:English
Publisher:Scribner
Format:Book
ISBN-10:0684196700
ISBN-13:9780684196701

Additional Details
Edition Description:Illustrated

Size
Length:510 pages

Publisher's Note
Sweeping in scope and arrestingly detailed, this colorful social history portrays America's complex relationship with drugs, from the genteel opium addiction of the early nineteenth century to the violent, desperate street use of crack today.

Industry Reviews
"Jonnes is addicted to intriguing etymological and historical tidbits; "dope" comes from doop, Dutch for "sauce," an apt term for the sticky stuff prepared in opium dens. (Booth reports that the world "hip" has an opium-den association; "Its root lay in the fact that addicts gained sore hips from reclining on their sides on hard, opium den bed-boards.")"
Washington Post Book World (09/05/1999)

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