John Charles Chasteen: 2 books
Getting High
Marijuana through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
This fascinating book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used...
Americanos: Latin America's Struggle for Independence
Latin America's Struggle for Independence
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2007
A premier volume in Oxford's Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts,...