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Albion Dreaming: A Popular History of LSD in Britain
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish
Year:
2008
ISBN:
1905736274
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Much has been written about Leary and his compatriots, but Albion Dreaming retains a gritty UK perspective. From the still-secret experiments conducted at Britain’s military research establishment at Porton Down, to Ronald Sandison, a doctor who opened the world’s first specialized LSD psychotherapy unit at Powick Hospital in Worcestershire in 1952, the author packs the pages with a riotous selection of well-sourced anecdotes.
Read full review of Albion Dreaming in Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7215/full/455870a.html
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Well researched and convincing this book adds a well-merited UK perspective to the many excellent books concentrating on the history of LSD in the sixties and seventies. While it doesn’t match Acid Dreams, which is a brilliant exposition from the US point of view, it nevertheless provides an excellent picture from a purely English perspective and is a very welcome addition to the literature on the subject.
Comment by Frank Lynch — 10/14/2009 @ 5:39 am