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Smoking under the Tsars A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia
Author
Title
Smoking under the Tsars [electronic resource] : A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia / Tricia Starks.
ISBN
1501722069
9781501722066
9781501722073 (ret)
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2018 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2018 History.
Project MUSE - 2018 Russian and East European Studies.
Other formats
Print version: Starks, Tricia, 1969- author. Smoking under the tsars Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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Electronic books.
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