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LEADER: 01635cam a2200313 i 4500
001 2013036296
003 DLC
005 20140829081759.0
008 130917t2014 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013036296
020 $a9780786476299 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-usu---
050 00 $aHV5235.U5$b.A46 2014
082 00 $a362.2920978/09034$223
100 1 $aAgnew, Jeremy.
245 10 $aAlcohol and opium in the Old West :$buse, abuse, and influence /$cJeremy Agnew.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc.,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $avii, 252 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe demon rum and other drinks of choice -- The convoluted history of opium -- A motley mix of indigenous brews -- Medical use of opium and alcohol -- "Those heathen chinee" -- Boozers, users, and abusers -- Saloons and other parlors of iniquity -- Opium dens -- The horrors of addiction -- Inebriety -- The pathway to prohibition.
520 $a"This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aAlcoholism$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aOpium abuse$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century.