{"product_id":"intoxicating-zion-a-social-history-of-hashish-in-mandatory-palestine-and-israel-paperback-softback-9781503613911","title":"Intoxicating Zion; A Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503613911","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntoxicating Zion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Social History of Hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHaggai Ram (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503613911\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 3 halftones, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Offering a major contribution to the interdisciplinary 'New Drug History,' Haggai Ram masterfully illuminates the social and cultural fissures left by colonialism in the Levant as hashish trade transgressed new national borders. Like the drug it explores, \u003ci\u003eIntoxicating Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is both a pleasure and act of subversion.\"—Paul Gootenberg, Stony Brook University, author of \u003ci\u003eAndean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) \"Vividly written and drawing on a wide array of sources, \u003ci\u003eIntoxicating Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with colorful characters, from Palestinian coffeehouse and Israeli bohemian tokers, to traffickers, to corrupt politicians profiting from the trade, to the Palestinian and Israeli police who fought to contain it. A fascinating and revelatory tale.\"—Ted R. Swedenburg, University of Arkansas \"[A] singular, original work of research.\"—Yossi Melman, \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e \"Informative, though (pun intended) sobering, this book is suited for academic libraries.\"—Hallie Cantor, \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Jewish Libraries Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen European powers carved political borders across the Middle East following World War I, a curious event in the international drug trade occurred: Palestine became the most important hashish waystation in the region and a thriving market for consumption. British and French colonial authorities utterly failed to control the illicit trade, raising questions about the legitimacy of their mandatory regimes. The creation of the Israeli state, too, had little effect to curb illicit trade. By the 1960s, drug trade had become a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and drug use widespread.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntoxicating Zion\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to tell the story of hashish in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Trafficking, use, and regulation; race, gender, and class; colonialism and nation-building all weave together in Haggai Ram's social history of the drug from the 1920s to the aftermath of the 1967 War. The hashish trade encompassed smugglers, international gangs, residents, law enforcers, and political actors, and Ram traces these flows through the interconnected realms of cross-border politics, economics, and culture. Hashish use was and is a marker of belonging and difference, and its history offers readers a unique glimpse into how the modern Middle East was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The Drug Trade in the Levant\u003cbr\u003e  2. Smuggling in Mandatory Palestine\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Underworld of Users\u003cbr\u003e  4. Jews, and Interwar Oriental Fantasies\u003cbr\u003e  5. Hashish Trafficking in Israel\u003cbr\u003e  6. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735370559768,"sku":"9781503613911","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/intoxicating-zion-a-social-history-of-hashish-in-mandatory-palestine-and-israel-paperback-softback-9781503613911","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}