Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Safavid Period -- Chapter 1: General Overview: Iran between 1500 and 1900 -- Chapter 2: Wine in Safavid Iran I: Between Excess and Abstention -- Chapter 3: Wine in Safavid Iran II: Ambivalence and Prohibition -- Chapter 4: Opium in Safavid Iran: The Assimilated Drug -- Chapter 5: Tobacco in Safavid Iran: Pleasure and Proscription -- Chapter 6: Coffee in Safavid Iran: Commerce and Consumption
Part II: Qajar Period -- Chapter 7: Wine in Qajar Iran: From Flouting the Religious Law to Flaunting Unbelief -- Chapter 8: Opium and Tobacco in Qajar Iran: From Pleasure to Crash Crop and Emblem of the Nation -- Chapter 9: From Coffee to Tea: Shifting Patterns of Consumption in Qajar Iran -- Chapter 10: Drinking Tea in the Qahvah-khanah: The Politics of Consumption in Qajar Iran -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-334) and index
