Benjamin Breen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Benjamin Breen on X
Associate professor of history @UCSC, author of "The Age of Intoxication" and forthcoming "Tripping on Utopia" (2024). Substack: https://t.co/gKOn1SZypG

Dianetics: Modern Science of Mental Health
L. Ron Hubbard
@UCSCLibrary @SRI_Intl @ucsc @georgependle @nevalalee Then L. Ron Hubbard starts developing Dianetics, 1949. "Dammit, the man's got something––and something big," raves John Campbell. After being "cleared," a stutterer was "left jabbering like a house afire." Maybe because, as LRH put it, "Benzedrine often helps a case run"... https://t.co/aN3XFqIgMt
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The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade
Benjamin Breen
I've been waiting for the news cycle to slow down a bit before plugging my book, but that seems unlikely to ever happen, so... "The Age of Intoxication" is out now from @PennPress! You can buy it from Penn: https://t.co/EIBgwem0YF or Amazon: https://t.co/aVrkluocVh https://t.co/WEsjM4QxOi
Paperback, 2021
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