Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Alcohol : : An Interdisciplinary Perspective / / ed. by Dwight B. Heath, Jack O. Waddell, Michael W. Everett.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©1976
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Reprint 2011
Language:English
Series:World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.) :; Num. figs.
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Table of Contents:
  • I-XVIII
  • INTRODUCTION: Alcohol Studies and Anthropology
  • PART ONE: Pioneering Works and Their Reassessment
  • Introduction
  • Chamula and Chichicastenango: A Re-examination
  • Cross-Cultural Studies of Drinking: Integrated Drinking and Sex Differences in the Use of Alcoholic Beverages
  • PART TWO: The Ethnographic Data Base
  • Introduction
  • Anthropological Perspectives on Alcohol: An Historical Review
  • A Review and Appraisal of Alcohol and Kava Studies in Oceania
  • European Drinking Habits: A Review of Research and Some Suggestions for Conceptual Integration of Findings
  • Family Behavior and Alcoholism
  • Similarities and Differences Among a Heavily Arrested Group of Navajo Indian Drinkers in a Southwestern American Town
  • PART THREE: Historical Approaches
  • Introduction
  • Alcohol and Culture: The Historical Evolution of Drinking Patterns Among the Mapuche
  • Alcohol Usage in an African Society
  • Summary of an Alcoholism Study Apurímac-Ayacucho River Valley, in the Peru
  • PART FOUR: Physiological and Biomedical Aspects of Alcohol Consumption
  • Introduction
  • Body, Mind, and Booze
  • Ethanol Metabolism in Various Racial Groups
  • Ethnic Groups, Human Variation, and Alcohol Use
  • PART FIVE: The Current Status of Cross-Cultural Theories
  • Introduction
  • Cross-Cultural Evidence That Dependency Conflict Motivates Drunkenness
  • Drinking as a Manifestation of Power Concerns
  • Drunkenness and Culture Stress: A Holocultural Test
  • The Epidemiology of Alcoholism with Specific Reference to Sociocultural Factors
  • Theory in Alcohol Studies
  • PART SIX: Methodological Considerations and Data Collection
  • Introduction
  • Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcoholism in the Clinical Setting: Review and Evaluation
  • The Cultural Approach, Verbal Plans, and Alcohol Research
  • Observations on Methodological Considerations for Cross-Cultural Alcohol Studies
  • A Documentation Resource for Cross-Cultural Studies on Alcohol
  • Biographical Notes
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects