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David McKnight
From Hunting to Drinking [EPUB ebook]
The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community

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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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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781134487097 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2589832 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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