From Hunting to Drinking by David Mcknight

From Hunting to Drinking by David Mcknight

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David Mcknight assesses the effects that alcohol has had on a small aboriginal community. He explores why drinking has become the main social activity, leading to high levels of illness, suicide and homicide.

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From Hunting to Drinking by David Mcknight

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork this is a vital addition to the literature on alcohol use and problem drinking, social change and postcolonialism.From Hunting to Drinking reveals the social change witnessed over a period of 30 years by an anthropologist on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland Coast, Australia, most notably the devastating effects that alcohol has had on this community.
David Mcknight is a member of the emeritus staff at the London School of Economics. He has been conducting research among Australian Aborigines for 35 years and lived with the people of Mornington Island for over five years.
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ISBN 13 9780415271516
ISBN 10 0415271517
Title From Hunting to Drinking
Author David Mcknight
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-05-23
Number of pages 254
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.