Anthropology of Tobacco

Anthropology of Tobacco makes tobacco the centre of its own, contentious, global story in which, instead of a passive commodity, tobacco becomes a powerful player in a global adventure involving people, corporations and public health.
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Andrew Russell is a Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-imagining Tobacco; Part 1: Life; Chapter 1: Shamanic Dreaming; Chapter 2: First Contact; Chapter 3: Counterblastes and Compromises; Chapter 4: Tobacco and Enlightenment; Chapter 5: Enslavement of All Sorts; Chapter 6: Vogue - Tobacco Worlds in 19th Century Europe; Chapter 7: Enchantment and Risk - Tobacco 1900-1950; Chapter 8: Corporate Voices - Tobacco 1950-2000; Part 2: Times; Chapter 9: Host and Parasite; Chapter 10: Becoming Fresh - A Regional Platform Against Tobacco; Chapter 11: Becoming the FCTC - Global Solutions to a Global Problem; Chapter 12: 'Imagine a World Without Tobacco'; Index