The Peyote Effect

From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs

Alexander S. Dawson

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University of California Press
04 September 2018

Cultural studies; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Indigenous peoples

The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well before Europeans arrived in the Americas. While some have attempted to explain the cultural and religious significance of this cactus and drug, Alexander S. Dawson offers a completely new way of understanding the place of peyote in history. In this provocative new book, Dawson argues that peyote has marked the boundary between the Indian and the West since the Spanish Inquisition outlawed it in 1620. For nearly four centuries ecclesiastical, legal, scientific, and scholarly authorities have tried (unsuccessfully) to police that boundary to ensure that, while indigenous subjects might consume peyote, others could not. Moving back and forth across the U.S.–Mexico border, The Peyote Effect explores how battles over who might enjoy a right to consume peyote have unfolded in both countries, and how these conflicts have produced the racially exclusionary systems that characterizes modern drug regimes. Through this approach we see a surprising history of the racial thinking that binds these two countries more closely than we might otherwise imagine.

By: Alexander S. Dawson
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520285439
ISBN 10: 0520285433
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 04 September 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction 1833: The Cholera Epidemic Chapter One 1887: Dr. John Briggs Eats Some Peyote Chapter Two 1899: The Instituto Médico Nacional Chapter Three 1909: Poison Chapter Four 1917: The Ban Chapter Five 1918: The Native American Church Chapter Six 1937: The Goshute Letter Chapter Seven 1957: The Holy Thursday Experiment Chapter Eight 1958: Alfonso Fabila Visits the Sierra Huichola Chapter Nine 1964: Bona Fide Chapter Ten 1971: Peyote Outlawed in Mexico Chapter Eleven 1972: The Exemption Chapter Twelve 2011: Tom Pinkson Conclusion Race, Space, Time Notes Bibliography

Alexander S. Dawson is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany. He is the author of Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico, First World Dreams: Mexico Since 1989, and Latin America since Independence.

Reviews for The Peyote Effect: From the Inquisition to the War on Drugs

Deeply researched and conceptually rich, The Peyote Effect makes an important contribution to the history of drugs, history of race, history of medicine, Native American and Indigenous studies, borderlands history, and the history of the U.S. and Mexico. * Western Historical Quarterly * Dawson's book departs from traditional peyote literature through outstanding coverage of the non-Indian organizations. -- Benjamin R. Kracht * Reading Religion * An eminently readable history of indigeneity and whiteness through the lens of a drug. . . . Provides a rich history of the interplay between hallucinogens and the politics of identity. * CHOICE *