Smoke

Smoke

Author: Sander L. Gilman

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781861892003

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People have always smoked, and they probably always will. Every culture in recorded history has smoked something, whether for pleasure or relief, whether as part of an elaborate religious ritual or merely to strike a pose. This is the first truly comprehensive history of smoking, describinbg all of its forms, practices, paraphernalia and materials, in cultures, locations and times throughout the world.


Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000

Smoking in British Popular Culture 1800-2000

Author: Matthew Hilton

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2000-09-02

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780719052576

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This book is a concise history of smoking in British popular culture from the early 19th century to the present day. It explores the culture of the pipe and the cigar in the 19th century, the role of the cigarette in the mass market economy of the early 20th century, and the politics of smoking and health since the 1950s. Combining a wide range of historical sources with examples drawn from film and popular literature, it provides a comprehensive social, cultural, and economic history of smoking.


Report

Report

Author: Mitchell Library (Glasgow, Strathclyde)

Publisher:

Published: 1885

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13:

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