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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander S. DawsonPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780520285439ISBN 10: 0520285433 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 04 September 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1833: The Cholera Epidemic Chapter One 1887: Dr. John Briggs Eats Some Peyote Chapter Two 1899: The Instituto Médico Nacional Chapter Three 1909: Poison Chapter Four 1917: The Ban Chapter Five 1918: The Native American Church Chapter Six 1937: The Goshute Letter Chapter Seven 1957: The Holy Thursday Experiment Chapter Eight 1958: Alfonso Fabila Visits the Sierra Huichola Chapter Nine 1964: Bona Fide Chapter Ten 1971: Peyote Outlawed in Mexico Chapter Eleven 1972: The Exemption Chapter Twelve 2011: Tom Pinkson Conclusion Race, Space, Time Notes BibliographyReviewsDeeply researched and conceptually rich, The Peyote Effect makes an important contribution to the history of drugs, history of race, history of medicine, Native American and Indigenous studies, borderlands history, and the history of the U.S. and Mexico. * Western Historical Quarterly * Dawson's book departs from traditional peyote literature through outstanding coverage of the non-Indian organizations. -- Benjamin R. Kracht * Reading Religion * An eminently readable history of indigeneity and whiteness through the lens of a drug. . . . Provides a rich history of the interplay between hallucinogens and the politics of identity. * CHOICE * An eminently readable history of indigeneity and whiteness through the lens of a drug. . . . Provides a rich history of the interplay between hallucinogens and the politics of identity. * CHOICE * An eminently readable history of indigeneity and whiteness through the lens of a drug. . . . Provides a rich history of the interplay between hallucinogens and the politics of identity. -- (03/01/2019) Author InformationAlexander S. Dawson is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany. He is the author of Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico, First World Dreams: Mexico Since 1989, and Latin America since Independence. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |