Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved : : The Glue-Sniffing Epidemic of the 1960s /

Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved : : The Glue-Sniffing Epidemic of the 1960s / / Thomas Aiello.

Model Airplanes are Decadent and Depraved tells the story of the American glue-sniffing epidemic of the 1960s, from the first reports of use to the unsuccessful crusade for federal legislation in the early 1970s. The human obsession with inhalation for intoxication has deep roots, from the oracle at...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Aiello, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2015
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Sense of Smell
  • 2. The Mountains of Denver
  • 3. The Infection Spreads
  • 4. The Academy Responds
  • 5. The Devil in the Room
  • 6. The Glue Summit
  • 7. The Pursuit of the Monster
  • 8. The Law Down South
  • 9. The Lingering Evil
  • 10. The Children's Crusade
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX 1. A Description of Active Chemicals in Organic Solvents
  • APPENDIX 2. A Documentary Account of Glue-Sniffing Legislation in the Deep South
  • APPENDIX 3. Profile of Glue Sniffers across the Nation
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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