Anthropology of Tobacco

Andrew Russell is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Durham University, UK, where he is a member of the Anthropology of Health Research Group. His research and teaching spans the sciences, arts and humanities, and mixes both theoretical and applied aspects. He has conducted research in Nepal, the UK and worldwide. Earlier books include The Social Basis of Medicine, which won the British Medical Association’s student textbook of the year award in 2010, and a number of edited volumes, the latest of which (co-edited with Elizabeth Rahman) is The Master Plant: Tobacco in Lowland South America.

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Re-imagining Tobacco; Part 1: Life; Chapter 1: Shamanic Dreaming; Chapter 2: First Contact; Chapter 3: Counterblastes and Compromises; Chapter 4: Tobacco and Enlightenment; Chapter 5: Enslavement of All Sorts; Chapter 6: Vogue – Tobacco Worlds in 19th Century Europe; Chapter 7: Enchantment and Risk – Tobacco 1900-1950; Chapter 8: Corporate Voices – Tobacco 1950-2000; Part 2: Times; Chapter 9: Host and Parasite; Chapter 10: Becoming Fresh - A Regional Platform Against Tobacco; Chapter 11: Becoming the FCTC – Global Solutions to a Global Problem; Chapter 12: ‘Imagine a World Without Tobacco’; Index