From Betel-Chewing to Tobacco-Smoking in Indonesia

dc.contributor.authorReid, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T03:10:03Z
dc.date.issued1985-05
dc.description.abstractSoutheast Asians appear co have been extensive users of mild narcotics throughout their recorded history. For all but the past century of this history, the betel quid, composed of areca nut, betel leaves, and lime, was the characteristic relaxant central to the agreeable social interaction that Southeast Asians valued. For thousands of years the peoples of Southern Asia and Melanesia were inveterate chewers of betel, giving rise to the claim that it was the most widely used narcotic in human history (Lewin 1964:231). In this region most other narcotics began to be used as a part of the betel chew.en_AU
dc.format11 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0021-9118en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/146072
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_AU
dc.rights© 1985 by The Association of Asian Studies Inc.en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Asian Studiesen_AU
dc.subjectBettel-Chewing; Tobacco Smokingen_AU
dc.titleFrom Betel-Chewing to Tobacco-Smoking in Indonesiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage547en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage529en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationReid, Anthony, CHL General, CAP School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailanthony.reid@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu7000247en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.identifier.citationvolume44en_AU
local.identifier.essn1752-0401en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu2569008en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.cambridge.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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