Plant in the protest culture of the twentieth century

Abstract

The thesis paper analyzes the historical path of a field culture - hemp and its place in the life and culture of mankind. The first sources, legislative acts and researches which contain a description of cannabis and their territorial distribution are also mentioned. It is determined that this plant was found almost all over the globe, and had the status of an economic plant, which played a significant role in human life. For several thousand years it was valued for its properties in various industries including food industry, and ceremonial-religious sphere and was widely known for its medicinal properties. The methods used during the study of the field culture were such: analysis and synthesis, generalization, historical-genetic, historical-comparative, biographical, chronological.