Episode 15: A World History Through Drugs

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In this episode, I argue for a periodization of European history based on particular era's drug of choice. First spices, then coffee, then gin and opium. Books: Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Tastes of Paradise Zheng Yangwen, The Social Life of Opium In China

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