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Coca and the Victorians: From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835-1912 - Couverture souple

Embrey, Kim

 
9783837679779: Coca and the Victorians: From Botanical Curiosity to Regulated Drug, 1835-1912
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ISBN 10 : 3837679772 ISBN 13 : 9783837679779
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2025

Synopsis

The South American coca plant was established in 19th-century Britain as a medical product before it became a globally restricted drug. Drawing on botanical, economic, pharmaceutical, social, and political perspectives, Kim Embrey analyses how the use and perception of coca changed as it was transferred to Europe. In a process of »cultural dissimilation«, coca was not simply adopted, but embedded into new medical, social, and scientific contexts. The study shows how a plant from the Andes was repositioned in British modernity. ---

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À propos de l'auteur

Kim Embrey, born in 1991, is a secondary school teacher of English, bilingual geography, and ethics in southern Germany. As a historian, she did her doctorate at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and is the secretary of the German Association for British Studies. She is an active member of several international academic societies, including the Royal Historical Society, the Britain and the World Society, and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Her research interests lie at the intersection of British sociocultural, scientific, and medical history.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837679772
ISBN 13 
9783837679779
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
228
Coordonnées du fabricant
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