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Smoking under the tsars : a history of tobacco in imperial Russia / Tricia Starks

Starks, Tricia,i1969- [Verfasser]

Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 320 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Karten

978-1-5017-2206-6 ; 978-1-5017-2207-3 ; 978-1-5017-2205-9

"Using unusual sources and approaching tobacco from the perspective of users, producers, and objectors, this monograph provides a view of the early transfer by the Russian market to smoking and presents the addictive, nicotine-soaked Russian cigarette - the papirosa - and the sensory, medical, social, cultural, and gendered consequences of this unique style of tobacco use"--