The first authoritative guide to how the world drinks, this reference details alcohol use in different countries and cultures. Variation is striking, with alcohol sometimes a food, a sacrament, a symbol, a tool, a tranquilizer, a medicine, a love potion, or an object of scorn―often with very different meanings and uses in a single country. This volume reveals multicultural and ethnic beliefs, practices, and attitudes about drinking around the world.An extensive introduction discusses the close link between alcohol and culture and provides a foundation for the rest of the book. Each of the following chapters is written by an expert contributor and discusses alcohol and culture in a particular country. Chapters discuss historical trends, drinking among ethnic and religious minorities, national policies, and social outcomes. Countries range from industrial nations known for their alcohol research, to developing nations and to places famous for drinking. A concluding chapter highlights important similarities and differences.

International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Heath, Dwight B.

Addiction & Recovery

Greenwood

Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America: A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South American and the Caribbean

Politics & Social Sciences

Adams, Richard N.

Politics & Government

Random House]

Heath's collection is excellent in providing a handy source for a number of classic papers on the peoples and institutions of Middle and South America. Clear, jargonless writings based on original research by social scientists combine to cover a diversity of topics and areas. Each article stands by itself, but brief editorial introductions set each into a broader context, and lists of recommended readings make it easy for any reader to pursue topics in greater depth, or to find key sources on specific regions or countries.

Contemporary cultures and societies of Latin America;: A reader in the social anthropology of Middle and South America

<p>Heath's collection is excellent in providing a handy source for a number of classic papers on the peoples and institutions of Middle and South America. Clear, jargonless writings based on original research by social scientists combine to cover a diversity of topics and areas. Each article stands by itself, but brief editorial introductions set each into a broader context, and lists of recommended readings make it easy for any reader to pursue topics in greater depth, or to find key sources on specific regions or countries.</p>

Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America : A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South America

Social Sciences

Waveland Pr Inc.

Alcohol Use and World Cultures: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Anthropological Sources

Reference

Addiction Research Foundation

Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture

<p>The main purpose of this book is to describe the variety of drinking occasions that exist around the world, primarily in modern, industrialized countries. As such, it celebrates the diversity of normal drinking behavior and illustrates a wide range of beneficial drinking patterns. Attention is also paid to the relations between drink and culture that prevail in non-Western societies and in developing countries. The aims of the book are twofold: to deal directly with the challenge of how to define responsible drinking in the face of the world's many different drinking styles, and to portray the many ways in which people have thought about or used alcohol as an integral part of their culture</p>

Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture (International Center for Alcohol Policies Series on Alcohol in Society) (ICAP Series on Alcohol in Society)

Mental Health

Routledge

Drinking Occasions (ICAP Series on Alcohol in Society)

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