{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-pleasure-9780691144443","title":"The Pursuit of Pleasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by psychoactive agents. This book looks at the stimulants that, as put by a longtime resident of seventeenth-century Iran, Raphael du Mans, provided Iranians with damagh, gave them a 'kick', got them into a good mood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2006 Albert Hourani Book Award Winner of the 2006 Saidi-Sirjani Award, International Society of Iranian Studies \"This is an extremely successful foray into the social history of Iran in the early modern period. This is a very rich and readable book. It is especially good at showing the wider significance of the pursuit of pleasure.\"--Michael Pearson, Itinerario \"As a work of social and economic history, this book sets a high standard... [M]ost readers will be more than satisfied by this lucid, precise, and information-packed volume.\"--Richard W. Bulliet, American Historical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  Note on Transliteration xi  Preface xiii  Abbreviations xviii  Introduction 1      Part I: Safavid Period  Chapter 1: General Overview: Iran between 1500 and 1900 17  Chapter 2: Wine in Safavid Iran I: Between Excess and Abstention 37  Chapter 3: Wine in Safavid Iran II: Ambivalence and Prohibition 69  Chapter 4: Opium in Safavid Iran: The Assimilated Drug 97  Chapter 5: Tobacco in Safavid Iran: Pleasure and Proscription 117  Chapter 6: Coffee in Safavid Iran: Commerce and Consumption 144      Part II: Qajar Period  Chapter 7: Wine in Qajar Iran: From Flouting the Religious Law to Flaunting Unbelie 177  Chapter 8: Opium and Tobacco in Qajar Iran: From Pleasureto Crash Crop and Emblem of the Nation 207  Chapter 9: From Coffee to Tea: Shifting Patterns of Consumption in Qajar Iran 237  Chapter 10: Drinking Tea in the Qahvah-khanah: The Politics of Consumption in Qajar Iran 267      Conclusion 293  Bibliography 305  Index 335","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403772338519,"sku":"9780691144443","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691144443.jpg?v=1730484498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pursuit-of-pleasure-9780691144443","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}