Contested Meanings by Joseph R Gusfield

Contested Meanings by Joseph R Gusfield

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This work brings together a selection of the author's articles, written over a period of 20 years, observing the place of alcohol in American culture. The text also contains several ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a study of court-mandated programmes for drink drivers.

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Contested Meanings by Joseph R Gusfield

This work brings together a selection of the author's articles, written over a period of 20 years, observing the place of alcohol in American culture. The text also contains several ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a study of court-mandated programmes for drink drivers.
Gusfield, Joseph R.: - Joseph Gusfield is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. The Culture of Public Problems was awarded the Charles Horton Cooley Award for 1983 by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Professor Gusfield's other books include Kenneth Burke: On Symbols and Society, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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ISBN 13 9780299149345
ISBN 10 029914934X
Title Contested Meanings
Author Joseph R Gusfield
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Year published 1996-04-30
Number of pages 384
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