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Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society : Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, C. 1700-1990s.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ernst, Waltraud.
- Series:
- Social Histories of Medicine
- Social Histories of Medicine ; v.51
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcohol--Social aspects--History.
- Alcohol.
- Alcohol--Therapeutic use--History.
- Alcohol--Psychological aspects--History.
- Alcoholism--History.
- Alcoholism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (420 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon, emphasising medical attitudes to alcohol and the changing perception of consumption in psychiatry and mental health.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Corrupting the body and mind
- 2 Alcoholism, degeneration, madness and psychiatry in Spain, 1870-1920
- 3 From nutrition to powerful agent of degeneration
- 4 'White man's kava' in Fiji
- 5 'In the hot and trying climate of Nigeria the European has a much stronger temptation to indulge in alcohol than the native'
- 6 Alcohol, abstinence and rationalisation in Germany, c. 1870s-1910s
- 7 'Disciples of Asclepius' or 'advocates of Hermes'? Psychiatrists and alcohol in early twentieth-century Greece
- 8 The fear of the immoderate Muslim
- 9 Alcoholism, family and society in post-World War II Japan
- 10 'May it last, such peace and life'
- 11 A cradle of psychotherapy
- 12 'A society that is sinking ever deeper into a state of chronic alcohol poisoning'
- Index
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781526159397
- 1526159392
- 9781526159410
- 1526159414
- OCLC:
- 1350686897
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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