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The Urge: Our History of Addiction

byCarl Erik Fisher

Centered on the our history of addiction, The Urge shows Carl Erik Fisher tracing how individual lives intersect with institutions, ideas, and historical change. The Urge combines scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history and medical, The Urge explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the our history of addiction emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Penguin Press

Publication date

Jan 18, 2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

400

ISBN

9780525561446