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The dialectic of drinking in Australian life: from the Rum Corps to the wine column
Author(s) -
Room Robin
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238880000741
Subject(s) - dialectic , alcohol , wine , alcohol consumption , distribution (mathematics) , heavy drinking , psychology , biology , philosophy , mathematics , food science , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , epistemology
The place of alcohol in Australian life in the years since the Second World War is considered. Patterns of and trends in use are described, along with the magnitude and distribution of alcohol‐related problems, the history of alcohol controls, the growth of treatment and other responses to alcohol problems and the nature of societal concerns about drinking.