Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Note on Transliteration xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. PART I. Safavid Period
9. CHAPTER 1. General Overview: Iran between 1500 and 1900 17
10. CHAPTER 2. Wine in Safavid Iran I: Between Excess and Abstention 37
11. CHAPTER 3. Wine in Safavid Iran II: Ambivalence and Prohibition 69
12. CHAPTER 4. Opium in the Safavid Iran: The Assimilated Drug 97
13. CHAPTER 5. Tobacco in Safavid Iran: Pleasure and Proscription 117
14. CHAPTER 6. Coffee in Safavid Iran: Commerce and Consumption 144
15. PART II. Qajar Period
16. CHAPTER 7. Wine in Qajar Iran: From Flouting the Religious Law to Flaunting Unbelief 177
17. CHAPTER 8. Opium and Tobacco in Qajar Iran: From Pleasure to Crash Crop and Emblem of the Nation 207
18. CHAPTER 9. From Coffee to Tea: Shifting Patterns of Consumption in Qajar Iran 237
19. CHAPTER 10. Drinking Tea in the Qahvah-khanah: The Politics of Consumption in Qajar Iran 267
20. CONCLUSION 293
21. Bibliography 305
22. Index 335