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Title:

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

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Other Authors:

Martinic, Marjana.
Measham, Fiona, 1963-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

International Center for Alcohol Policies series on alcohol in society

ISBN:

0415955483 (hardbound : alk. paper)
9780415955485 (hardbound : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007049821

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)