On speed
Subtitle: the many lives of amphetamine
By: Nicolas Rasmussen.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780814776018
Subjects: Amphetamines -- United States -- History; Amphetamine abuse -- United States -- History; Amphetamines -- history -- United States; Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- history -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States; History, 21st Century -- United States
Other titles: Many lives of amphetamine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The new sensation; title: Benzedrine : the making of a modern medicine; title: Speed and total war; title: Bootleggers, beatniks, and benzedrine benders; title: A bromide for the atomic age; title: Amphetamine and the go-go years; title: Amphetamine's decline, from mental medicine to social disease; title: Fast forward : still on speed, 1971 to today.