The smoke of the gods
Subtitle: a social history of tobacco
By: Eric Burns
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Tobacco use -- History; Tobacco -- Social aspects; Tobacco -- United States -- History; Smoking -- History; Antismoking movement -- History; Antismoking movement -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The ancient world; title: The Old World; title: The enemies of tobacco; title: The politics of tobacco; title: The rise of tobacco; title: Rush to judgment; title: Ghost, body, and soul; title: The cigarette; title: The Carry Nation of tobacco; title: The last good time; title: The case against tobacco; title: The turning point; title: Epilogue: "The ten o'clock people"