Smoking under the tsars : a history of tobacco in imperial Russia / Tricia Starks.
2018
GT3021.R8
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Title
Smoking under the tsars : a history of tobacco in imperial Russia / Tricia Starks.
ISBN
9781501722066 (pdf)
1501722069
9781501722073 (ret)
1501722077
9781501722059
1501722069
9781501722073 (ret)
1501722077
9781501722059
Published
Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
GT3021.R8
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1025393320
Summary
"Using unusual sources and approaching tobacco from the perspective of users, producers, and objectors, this monograph provides a view of the early transfer by the Russian market to smoking and presents the addictive, nicotine-soaked Russian cigarette - the papirosa - and the sensory, medical, social, cultural, and gendered consequences of this unique style of tobacco use"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : papirosy and dependence
Cultivated : exotic blends and imperial designs
Produced : tobacco queens and working girls
Tasted : distinctive smoking and social inclusion
Condemned : social danger and neurasthenic decline
Contested : health dispute and public disbelief
Epilogue : revolution and cessation.
Cultivated : exotic blends and imperial designs
Produced : tobacco queens and working girls
Tasted : distinctive smoking and social inclusion
Condemned : social danger and neurasthenic decline
Contested : health dispute and public disbelief
Epilogue : revolution and cessation.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Starks, Tricia, 1969- Smoking under the tsars Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018
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