From Hunting to Drinking: The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community

by McKnight David and David McKnight

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415271517
• ISBN13: 9780415271516
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"