Description
About the Author
Alexander S. Dawson is Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany. He is the author of Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico, First World Dreams: Mexico Since 1989, and Latin America since Independence.
Reviews
"An eminently readable history of indigeneity and whiteness through the lens of a drug. . . . Provides a rich history of the interplay between hallucinogens and the politics of identity." * CHOICE *
"Dawson's book departs from traditional peyote literature through outstanding coverage of the non-Indian organizations." -- Benjamin R. Kracht * Reading Religion *
"Deeply researched and conceptually rich, The Peyote Effect makes an important contribution to the history of drugs, history of race, history of medicine, Native American and Indigenous studies, borderlands history, and the history of the U.S. and Mexico." * Western Historical Quarterly *
"Alexander Dawson has produced a stellar piece ofcomparative scholarship on the history of peyote and its uses in both Mexico and the United States." * Hispanic American Historical Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520285439
Author Alexander S. Dawson
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm