| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 255 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The drug trade in the Levant -- Smuggling in Mandatory Palestine -- The underworld of users -- Jews and interwar Oriental fantasies -- Hashish trafficking in Israel -- Mizrahim and the "perils" of hashish smoking. |
| Summary |
"When European powers carved political borders across the Middle East following World War I, a curious event in the international drug trade occurred: Palestine became the most important hashish waystation in the region and a thriving market for consumption. British and French colonial authorities utterly failed to control the illicit trade, raising questions about the legitimacy of their mandatory regimes. The creation of the Israeli state, too, had little effect to curb illicit trade. By the 1960s, drug trade had become a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and drug use widespread. "Intoxicating Zion" is the first book to tell the story of hashish in Palestine/Israel. Trafficking, use, and regulation; race, gender, and class; colonialism and nation-building all twine together in Haggai Ram's social history of the drug from the 1920s to the aftermath of the 1967 War. The hashish trade encompassed smugglers, international gangs, residents, law enforcers, and political actors, and Ram traces these flows through the interconnected realms of cross-border politics, economics, and culture. Hashish use was and is a marker of belonging and difference, and its history offers readers a unique glimpse into how the modern Middle East was made"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hashish -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
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Hashish -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
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Drug traffic -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
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Drug traffic -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
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Recreational drug use -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
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Recreational drug use -- Israel -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine. |
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Drug traffic |
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Hashish |
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Recreational drug use |
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Israel |
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Middle East -- Palestine |
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Hashish -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. |
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Hashish -- Israel -- History -- 20th century. |
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Drug traffic -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. |
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Drug traffic -- Israel -- History -- 20th century. |
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Drug abuse -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century. |
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Drug abuse -- Israel -- History -- 20th century. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ram, Haggai, 1960- Intoxicating Zion Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. 9781503613263 (DLC) 2020025589 |
| ISBN |
9781503613928 electronic book |
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1503613925 electronic book |
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9781503613263 hardcover |
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9781503613911 paperback |
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