This 19-volume set has titles originally published between 1951 and 1991. The books examine alcohol in a variety of ways, particularly the debates around, and the progression in, treatment for alcoholism through the 1970s and 1980s, but also in the wider social and economic sense. Still a concern today, it also includes titles that focus on young drinkers and health education. This collection will be of interest to all those interested in alcohol and its impact on both the individual and society.
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By Brian D. Hore, Martin A. Plant
December 01, 2023
The majority of problem-drinkers are not unemployed derelicts but are employed persons often with senior positions in commerce, the professions and industry. Furthermore, it is well-known that alcohol causes widespread absenteeism, inefficiency and accidents at work. Originally published in 1981, ...
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By Griffith Edwards, Marcus Grant
December 01, 2023
Originally published in 1980, the purpose of this book was to aid a process of rethinking alcoholism treatment. Such a process was already underway in many parts of the world at the time. It was hoped that this volume would be useful in the modest role of abetting such a rethinking. Alcoholism ...
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By Marcus Grant, Paul Gwinner
December 01, 2023
In the 1970s, an important change of emphasis had occurred in the field of alcoholism. Instead of seeing alcoholism as an ‘all or none phenomenon’ it was now recognised that a continuum of alcohol problems existed so that individual cases could show different degrees of dependence and different ...
By Hermann Levy
December 01, 2023
Originally published in 1951, this title was the last book by Hermann Levy who died in 1949 before it was finished. Completed by his friend and fellow academic Rolf P. Lynton, this title looks alcohol as a drink, both economically and socially. Divided into three parts – in brief: what is the drink...
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By Marcus Grant, Martin Plant, Alan Williams
December 01, 2023
During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, general levels of alcohol consumption had risen considerably in all parts of the world. In association with this, there was a proliferation of alcohol-related problems such as liver disease, drunkenness offences, marital disharmony and employment difficulties. ...
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By Nick Heather, Ian H. Robertson, Phil Davies
December 01, 2023
In the 1980s the study of alcoholism was in a period of rapid change, this book, originally published in 1985, identifies and explores the three most controversial contemporary issues: changes at the basic explanatory level in our concept of harmful drinking; the undermining of our confidence that ...
By Barbara Howe
December 01, 2023
Alcohol education in the 1980s was receiving greater emphasis in the training and practice of a wide range of health and welfare professionals. As we became more aware of the risks associated with excessive drinking, this practical, straightforward guide, originally published in 1989, would have ...
By Phil Davies, Dermot Walsh
December 01, 2023
The nature of alcohol problems is very diverse and the strategies adopted for minimising these vary even more. Thinking in the study of alcohol problems in the 1970s and early 1980s had focused on the public health perspective, seeking not only to lessen alcohol problems by controlling the ...
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By Paul F. Brain
December 01, 2023
In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one. Much of previous thinking had been based on anecdotal evidence. In contrast this book, originally published in 1986, is based upon recent scientific evidence from a broad range of studies from animal ...
By Nicholas Dorn
December 01, 2023
In the early 1980s teenage drinking had become one of the many foci for expressions of concern about young peoples’ morals, health and discipline. Yet we knew very little about how most young people drink – the qualitative aspects of youthful drinking. The research emphasis had hitherto been upon ...
By Marcus Grant, Bruce Ritson
December 01, 2023
In the early 1980s, emphasis had shifted from the treatment of alcohol problems to their prevention. Yet no clear integrated policy yet existed about how alcohol problems could best be prevented. Many different strategies were put forward as solutions but some were in competition with each other, ...
By John Cavanagh, Frederick F. Clairmonte
December 01, 2023
For most of the post-war period, alcohol problems had been viewed primarily as individual problems. During the 1970s and 1980s, research highlighted the importance of larger socio-economic factors in shaping drinking levels, patterns and problems. However, it largely ignored a paramount force which...