Tobacco Through Time

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Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Sarah Inskip, Jason Hughes, UK) Hughes, Jason (Senior Lecturer, Grad Tutor, Deputy Head of Sch, University of Leicester

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Throughout human history there are arguably few plants that have had such a significant impact on the lives of people as tobacco. Yet, despite its unparalleled dissemination across human societies, histories of the plant, its use and impact have been dominated by Western European experiences, and based upon a relatively narrow span of sources and records. This open access collection readdresses this imbalance, showcasing a range of interdisciplinary approaches to decentre unilinear, Western and economically-focused accounts of tobacco.From archaeological analysis of bone and dental records, to anthropological considerations of material culture and historical investigations into tobacco’s role in the expansion of colonial power and the slave trade, this book employs a range of methods and sources to broaden our understanding of the impact of tobacco on health, population, genetics, consumption, economics, trade, gender and ethnicity. With case studies in North Africa, India and Sri Lanka alongside the Americas and Europe, it seeks to broaden perspectives on the use of tobacco beyond the West, and combine disciplinary methods to better assess its enduring impact on our species.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence onbloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-05
Mått156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350510524

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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