Alcohol and Opium in the Old West: Use, Abuse and Influence
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 078647629X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Highly unusual topic worth reading about, but also a rather good book. lyndonbrecht This is an intriguing aspect of the old west. Alcoholic cowboys? Opium addicted ranchers? It may sound as if Agnew is attempting to point out that some iconic American legends have feet--or is it boots?--of clay. This is however a serious study and seems quite well researched. While. Highly recommened book written with detailed research This is a great book on vices in the Wild West. I would highly recommend this as a resource book - the writer clearly did a lot of research. Gives another perspective of what life was like in the "old" west - definitely not like the 1950's movies! I bought this book because I was wo
. He has written numerous books on the Old West. Jeremy Agnew is a consultant in the field of biomedical electronics
. He has written numerous books on the Old West. About the Author Jeremy Agnew is a consultant in the field of biomedical electronics
This period was the first time in American history that heavy drinking and drug abuse became a major social concern. This book reports the historical reality of alcohol and opium use in the Old West without bias.. This book presents the background of both substances and how their use spread across the West, at first for medicinal purposes--but how overuse and abuse led to the Temperance Movement and eventually to National Prohibition. Smoking opium was considered to be deviant and associated with groups on the fringes of mainstream society, but opium use and addiction by women was commonplace. Drinking was considered to be an accepted pursuit for men at the time. This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900