Alcohol A History 1st Edition by Rod Phillips ISBN 1469617609 9181469617609

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ISBN 10:  1469617609 

ISBN 13: 9181469617609

Author: Rod Phillips

Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious anxiety. In the urban centers of Europe and America, where it was seen as healthier than untreated water, alcohol gained a foothold as the drink of choice, but it has been regulated by governmental and religious authorities more than any other commodity. As a potential source of social disruption, alcohol created volatile boundaries of acceptable and unacceptable consumption and broke through barriers of class, race, and gender.

Phillips follows the ever-changing cultural meanings of these potent potables and makes the surprising argument that some societies have entered “post-alcohol” phases. His is the first book to examine and explain the meanings and effects of alcohol in such depth, from global and long-term perspectives.

Table of contents: 

1 Nature and the Human Hand
2 The Superiority of Wine
3 The Paths of Christianity and Islam
4 The Birth of an Industry
5 Alcohol Religion and Culture
6 Threats to the Social Order
7 NonEuropean Worlds
8 Alcohol Enlightenment and Revolutions
9 Class and Social Order
10 Temperance and Prohibition
11 Race Order and Control
12 The Battles against Alcohol
13 Noble Experiments Ignoble Failures
14 Normalizing Alcohol
15 Trends in Regulation and Consumption
16 Conclusion
17 Notes
18 Select Bibliography

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