Title Alcohol and opium in the Old West : use, abuse, and influence / Jeremy Agnew.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The demon rum and other drinks of choice -- The convoluted history of opium -- A motley mix of indigenous brews -- Medical use of opium and alcohol -- "Those heathen chinee" -- Boozers, users, and abusers -- Saloons and other parlors of iniquity -- Opium dens -- The horrors of addiction -- Inebriety -- The pathway to prohibition.
Summary	"This book explores the role and influence of drink and drugs (primarily opium) in the Old West, which for this book is considered to be America west of the Mississippi from the California gold rush of the 1840s to the closing of the Western Frontier in roughly 1900"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject	Alcoholism -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Alcoholism.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Opium abuse -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
	Opium abuse.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
	West United States.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Agnew, Jeremy. Alcohol and opium in the Old West 9780786476299 (DLC) 2013036296 (OCoLC)844308799
ISBN	9781476612553 (electronic book)
	1476612552 (electronic book)
	9781299988217 (MyiLibrary)
	1299988210 (MyiLibrary)
	9780786476299
	078647629X