Description
Book SynopsisFrom the Foreword to the Percheron Press Edition: '[O]ne of only a few books that can truly be said to have had a major impact on our understanding of alcohol use and its outcomes.'
Trade Review
'[P]robably the most original contribution ever to come from anthropological research on alcohol.' (John J. Honigmannin, Social Forces)
'[A] happy blending of good psychology and anthropology.' (Nancy Oestreich Luriein, American Anthropologist)
'[A]rguably the best-recognized conceptual contribution from the ethnographic literature to alcohol studies in general.' (Robin Roomin, Social Science and Medicine)
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Percheron Press Edition, Dwight B. Heath
1. The Conventional Wisdom
2. “Some People Can Really Hold Their Liquor”
3. “Now-You-See-It-Now-You-Don’t”: The Sway of Time and Circumstances over Drunken Comportment
4. Disinhibition and the Within-Limits Clause: The Problem of Drunken Changes-for-the-Worse
5. Drunkenness as Time Out: An Alternative Solution
6. “Indians Can’t Hold Their Liquor” A: The Conventional Wisdom and the Puzzles
7. “Indians Can’t Hold Their Liquor” B: Our Formulation Applied
8. Some Concluding Remarks
References
Index
