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The pursuit of pleasure: drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0691144443 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780691144443 (pbk.)
Author	Matthee, Rudolph P.
Title	The pursuit of pleasure : drugs and stimulants in Iranian history, 1500-1900 / [by] Rudi Matthee
Publisher	Princeton, NJ ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2005
Physical desc.	[xx], 346 p. ; ill. (b&w), map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-334) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Pt. 1: Safavid period. General overview: Iran between 1500 and 1900 -- Wine in Safavid Iran I: between excess and abstention -- Wine in Safavid Iran II: ambivalence and prohibition -- Opium in Safavid Iran: the assimilated drug -- Tobacco in Safavid Iran: pleasure and proscription -- Coffee in Safavid Iran: commerce and consumption -- Pt. 2: Qajar period. Wine in Qajar Iran: from flouting the religious law to flaunting unbelief -- Opium and tobacco in Qajar Iran: from pleasure to cash crop and emblem of the nation -- From coffee to tea: shifting patterns of consumption in Qajar Iran -- Drinking tea in the qahvah-khanah: the politics of consumption in Qajar Iran -- Conclusion.
Subject	Drug abuse -- Iran -- History
	Drug utilization -- Iran -- History
	Stimulants -- Iran -- History
	Wine -- Religious aspects
	Food -- Social aspects
	Iran -- History -- Safavid dynasty, 1501-1736
	Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925

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