Tobacco Through Time

Sarah Inskip is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at University of Leicester, UK. A bioarchaeologist she specialises in the analysis of human skeletal remains and her current research assesses the impact of tobacco on the lives of British and Dutch populations from 1600-1900. Jason Hughes is Professor of Sociology at University of Leicester, UK. An elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Science and appointed Member of the European Academy, his research centres on problematized consumption (e.g. substance use) and production (e.g. work).

• Introduction. Sarah Inskip and Jason Hughes. Part I: Bodies and Health EntanglementsInvestigating the long-term consequences of tobacco on health in England and Western Europe. Sarah Inskip and Anna Davies-Barrett. Sacred Plant to Global Crisis: Tobacco's Deep History in the Americas. Shannon Tushingham and Mario Zimmermann. Not all smokes are the same: Exploring the variability of tobacco and its significance in Early Modern and Modern England (1560-1850). Sarah Inskip, Anna Davies-Barrett, Diego Badillo-Sanchez and Maria Serrano-Ruber. Genetics of smoking behaviours. Kayesha Coley and Chiara Batini. Part II: Power and PracticesTobacco and Colonialism – Teaching Tobacco History through a Decolonising Lens. Andrew Russell. Tobacco, Social Practices and Legal Depositions in Early Modern England. Phil Withington. Remaking Tobacco in Colonial Twentieth Century India. Cheri J Kuncheria. Part III: Indigenous Traditions and Global DisseminationOthering Spain through tobacco, 1750–1830. Rosemary Sweet and Richard Ansell. Beyond the ‘Colonial’ Cigarette: A Short History of the Major ‘Indigenous’ tobacco products in India (1600-1900). Upendra Bhojani, Sreenidhi Sreekumar, Pranay Lal. The role of "non-standard" tobacco products in everyday life: the use of nargila in Bosnia and Herzegovina through the centuries. Omer Merzic Tobacco and Empire in the Americas. Melissa N. Morris. Conclusions. Jason Hughes and Sarah Inskip