Beware Euphoria by George Fisher HARDBACK 9780197688489

Oxford University Press Inc

Beware Euphoria\nby George Fisher\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: George Fisher\nTitle: Beware Euphoria\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9780197688489\nISBN-10: 0197688489\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nBeware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America''s moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation''s racialized fear of intoxication. Challenging the idea that early antidrug laws in the US arose from racial animus, George Fisher instead shows in textured detail how US drug laws were driven by a deep-seated cultural taboo against euphoria and a preoccupation with white .