This book maps changing patterns of drinking. Emphasis is on the connected histories of different regions and populations across the globe in regard to consumption patterns, government policies, economics and representations of alcohol and drinking. This transnational perspective facilitates an understanding of the local, transnational and global factors that have had a bearing on alcohol consumption and legislation and especially on the emergence of particular styles of `drinking cultures'. A comparative approach helps identify similarities, differences and crossovers between...
This book maps changing patterns of drinking. Emphasis is on the connected histories of different regions and populations across the globe in regard t...