{"product_id":"pleasure-and-panic-9780774867528","title":"Pleasure and Panic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooze, dope, smokes, and weed. Mind-altering, mood-changing substances have been part of human society for millennia. And the history of drugs and alcohol is infused with what we understand as their proper and improper use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePleasure and Panic\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how cultural fears and social, political, and economic disparities have always been deeply embedded in attitudes about drugs and alcohol. Long before John Lennon testified at Canada's Le Dain Commission in favour of marijuana decriminalization, social movements existed to challenge the view that consumption of mind-altering substances, especially by young people, posed a danger to society. The contributors to this collection explore how drugs and alcohol intersect with diverse histories, including gender, medicine, popular culture, and business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePleasure and Panic \u003c\/em\u003ebrings a dispassionate voice to current debates about liberalizing drug and alcohol laws and challenges existing ideas about how to deal with the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[\u003cem\u003ePleasure and Panic\u003c\/em\u003e] is a compilation of fascinating studies that examine how the regulation and use of addictive substances have informed social movements, medical innovations, marketing, and even cultural identity.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dave Hazzan * Literary Review of Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Despite the primarily Canadian focus and origins of this collection, there is much here for anyone broadly interested in the history of intoxicants.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- David Adler, Bournemouth University * The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs *\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, this collection [of essays] provides a valuable \"state of the field,\" especially with regards to the history of drugs and alcohol in the Canadian context. -- Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph * Canadian Journal of Health History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Problems with Pleasures \/ \u003cem\u003eDan Malleck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Popular Pleasure and Panic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The Transgressive Woman: Gender, Class, Alcohol and Drugs in Canada from 1850 \/ \u003cem\u003eCheryl Krasnick Warsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “To Find Out the Best Men and to Try to Get Them In”: Women, Temperance and Politics in Manchester 1873–1919 \/ \u003cem\u003eCynthia Belaskie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Youth, Drugs, and Surveillance at Manseau’s Woodstock Pop Festival \/ \u003cem\u003eEric Fillion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 John Lennon, the LeDain Commission and the Rise of the Celebrity Activist \/ \u003cem\u003eGreg Marquis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Medicinal Pleasure and Panic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Manhood, Drink, and the “Medical Heresy” of U.S. Army Surgeon James Mann (1812–1816) \/ \u003cem\u003eRenée Lafferty-Salhany\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Medicinal Purposes: Pharmacists, Professionalism, and Liquor Laws in Victorian Ontario \/ \u003cem\u003eDan Malleck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 A New Perspective on Harm Reduction: George Peters and the Chicago LSD Rescue Service \/ \u003cem\u003eChristian Elcock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: The Business of Pleasure and Panic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Flogging a Dead Horse? Adulteration and Brewing in Nineteenth-Century England \/ \u003cem\u003eJonathan Reinarz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Charlie Wing and the Alberta Liquor Control Board: The Story of the First Chinese-Canadian Hotel Licensee in Post-Prohibition Alberta \/ \u003cem\u003eSarah Hamill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 The Rise of the “Big Three”: The Emergence of a Canadian Brewing Oligopoly, 1945–1962 \/ \u003cem\u003eMathew J. Bellamy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404950905175,"sku":"9780774867528","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774867528.jpg?v=1730488166","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pleasure-and-panic-9780774867528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}