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From Hunting to Drinking: The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community
Author(s): David McKnight (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: May 23, 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415271509
- ISBN-13: 9780415271509
Book Description
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.
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About the Author
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.
