History 280S: Drugs in World History/Readings

Professor Osseo-Asare
Department of History
University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2009 (Thurs 10-12)
Dwinelle 225

Pharma

Books
The Opium Clerk

Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge Ethiopia 1875-1991
Kola is God's Gift
My Cocaine Museum
On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970
Prescribing by Numbers: Drugs and the Definition of Disease

Media/Films

Classic Narcotics Propaganda Films (1940s-70s)
TRAFFIK (the British miniseries)
Traffic (the film)
Maria Full of Grace
The Constant Gardener

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