The Flower of Paradise The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen
This book concerns the use of the drug qat in North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), a country lying on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. However, because this substance is so interwoven into the fabric of society and culture, it is also necessarily about Yemen itself. The history and cu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Culture, Illness and Healing
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- II. History and Social Structure of North Yemen
- III. A Short History of Qat and Its Use
- IV. A Social Institution
- V. The Qat Experience
- VI. The Agriculture and Economics of Qat
- VII. The Botany, Chemistry and Pharmacology of Qat
- VIII. Qat and the Question of Addiction
- IX. Qat and Health
- X. Conclusion
- Name Index