Swimming with crocodiles : the culture of extreme drinking

Swimming with crocodiles : the culture of extreme drinking / [edited by] Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham.

Other author/creator	Martinic, Marjana.
Other author/creator	Measham, Fiona, 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, ©2008.
Description	xiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Youth--Alcohol use --Cross-cultural studies. Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects. Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Cross-cultural studies. Drinking customs--Cross-cultural studies. Alcoholism--Cross-cultural studies. Alcohol-Related Disorders--Case Reports. Adolescent. Cross-Cultural Comparison--Case Reports.

Series	International Center for Alcohol Policies series on alcohol in society Series on alcohol in society. ^A689833
Contents	Extreme drinking / Marjana Martinic and Fiona Measham -- A history of intoxication: changing attitudes to drunkenness and excess in the United Kingdom / Fiona Measham -- Beyond boundaries: youth and the dream of the extreme / Véronique Nahoum-Grappe -- What motivates extreme drinking? / Barbara Leigh and Christine Lee -- Focus group results -- Stakeholders and their roles / Mark Leverton and Keith Evans -- Extreme drinking, young people, and feasible policy / Marjana Martinic and Barton Alexander -- Feasible interventions : tackling extreme drinking in young people / Mônica Gorgulho and Daniya Tamendarova.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2007049821
ISBN	9780415955485 (hardbound : alk. paper)
ISBN	0415955483 (hardbound : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HV 5135 .S95 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold