{"product_id":"cocaine-literature-and-culture-1876-1930-douglas-rj-small-9781350400139","title":"Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first significant study of cocaine in the literary and cultural imagination of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this open access book offers an important exploration of the drug's symbolic and metaphorical associations in the decades prior to its criminalization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining the paradoxical position of cocaine in this period by looking at its role as an icon of technology, modernity and idealised medical identity, alongside developing notions of habituation and dependence, this book reads texts such as the Sherlock Holmes stories, by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as work by Arthur Machen, W.C Morrow and Aleister Crowley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Wellcome Trust.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Rj Small\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350400130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350400139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"Douglas Rj Small","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087585001727,"sku":"9781350400139","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfa76f28-3c73-4f3f-987a-e0fe3740c957.jpg?v=1753850289","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cocaine-literature-and-culture-1876-1930-douglas-rj-small-9781350400139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}