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Author Rasmussen, Nicolas, 1962-

Title On speed [electronic resource] : the many lives of amphetamine / Nicolas Rasmussen.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 352 p., [38] p. of plates : ill.
Note Errata slip inserted.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-347) and index.
Contents The new sensation -- Benzedrine : the making of a modern medicine -- Speed and total war -- Bootleggers, beatniks, and benzedrine benders -- A bromide for the atomic age -- Amphetamine and the go-go years -- Amphetamine's decline : from mental medicine to social disease -- Fast forward : still on speed, 1971 to today.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Amphetamines -- United States -- History.
Amphetamine abuse -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
Added Title Many lives of amphetamine
ISBN 9780814776018 (cl : alk. paper)
0814776019 (cl : alk. paper)

 
    
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