Shroom

A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom

Andy Letcher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2007 | Main
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-22771-6 (ISBN)

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'[An] intelligent and well-researched book, which is full of surprises.' Guardian

'Extraordinary . . . a fascinating and satisfying read.' Observer

'Elegant and authoritative.' Independent on Sunday

'A thrilling trip that is both erudite and greatly entertaining. Mind-bending stuff.' Scotland on Sunday

Informative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs.

The 'magic mushroom' was only rediscovered seventy years ago, but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice.

Andy Letcher has doctorates in both Ecology and Cultural and Religious Studies. During the nineties he lived in a treehouse at the Newbury bypass campaign, and toured in a variety of psychedelic festival bands. He currently lives in Oxford where he works as a freelance writer, lecturer, and musician.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.4.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 25 mm
Gewicht	156 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-571-22771-6 / 0571227716
ISBN-13	978-0-571-22771-6 / 9780571227716
Zustand	Neuware