Consuming Pleasures

Australia and the International Drug Business

John Rainford

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English

Fremantle Arts Centre Prs
02 February 2009

Society & Social Sciences; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects

Consuming Pleasures traces the international and Australian history of licit and illicit drug use.

It examines why we consume and what we consume, as well as the way in which consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade.

It also looks at drug use from an Australian perspective, going back to our own opium-growing industry and the racist origins of our drug laws. In doing so it considers the paradox of contemporary white Australian identity- on the one hand an image of fit, sun-bronzed athletic types at home in the surf; on the other a nation of people whose per capita drug consumption often equals and more often than not surpasses that of most other nations.

By: John Rainford
Imprint: Fremantle Arts Centre Prs
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 416g
ISBN: 9781921361432
ISBN 10: 1921361433
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 02 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Consuming Pleasures: Australia and the International Drug Business

Every so often a book comes along that illuminates a topic without being a dryly factual history or a loosely constructed popular narrative built around a few key points. [This] is just such a book . . . a fine and timely book that is as informative as it is a pleasure to read. -- Australian Bookseller and Publisher Magazine