Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Images of Women and Drugs in Myth and History
Opium and the Victorian Imagination
Expatriates and Vagabonds
Mainline Ladies
Psychedelic Pioneers
Beats and Hippies
Choosers and Abusers
Shaman Women at the End of the Millennium
Longtime drug historians, Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz are the directors of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, the nation’s largest private collection of drug literature. They are also the editors of Moksha: Aldous Huxley’s Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience. Mr. Horowitz is the editor of Timothy Leary’s Chaos and Cyberculture and a bibliography of his writings.
"The richness of subjective materials is exquisite. Many drug
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raison d'etre for drug use. Books like this one are an important
counterbalance to the objective checklists of clincians. The book
contains some of the best expositions of sensory detail this
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*Journal of Psychoactive Drugs*
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*William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY, Library Journal*
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*James A. Cox, The Midwest Book Review*
“Sisters of the Extreme is a great collection and well worth a
read, for those who like great literature and who are interested in
Woman/Gender Studies.”
*Psychedelic Press UK, January 2013*
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