Alcohol And Humans

Author : Kimberley Hockings,Robin Dunbar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780198842460

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Alcohol and Humans by Kimberley Hockings,Robin Dunbar Pdf

Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. The prevailing tendency to view alcohol merely as a 'social problem' or the popular notion that alcohol only serves to provide us with a 'hedonic' high, masks its importance in the social fabric of many human societies both past and present. To understand alcohol use, as a complex social practice that has been exploited by humans for thousands of years, requires cross-disciplinary insight from social/cultural anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, psychologists, primatologists, and biologists. This multi-disciplinary volume examines the broad use of alcohol in the human lineage and its wider relationship to social contexts such as feasting, sacred rituals, and social bonding. Alcohol abuse is a small part of a much more complex and social pattern of widespread alcohol use by humans. This alone should prompt us to explore the evolutionary origins of this ancient practice and the socially functional reasons for its continued popularity. The objectives of this volume are: (1) to understand how and why nonhuman primates and other animals use alcohol in the wild, and its relevance to understanding the social consumption of alcohol in humans; (2) to understand the social function of alcohol in human prehistory; (3) to understand the sociocultural significance of alcohol across human societies; and (4) to explore the social functions of alcohol consumption in contemporary society. 'Alcohol in Humans' will be fascinating reading for those in the fields of biology, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, as well as those with a broader interest in addiction.

Author : Henri Begleiter,Benjamin Kissin
Publisher : Alcohol and Alcoholism
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : 0195088778

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The Genetics of Alcoholism by Henri Begleiter,Benjamin Kissin Pdf

This volume provides an in-depth look at the genetic influences that contribute to the development of alcoholism. Part I: Epidemiologic Studies contains five chapters that examine the various approaches employed in the study of the genetics of alcoholism. It provides a historical perspectiveand details all the essentials of this subject. Part II: Selective Breeding Studies highlights the results of research involving the selective breeding of rodents. This type of research has produced homogenous strains exhibiting specific behavioral responses considered significant in thedevelopment and maintenance of alcohol dependence. The studies presented in Part III: Phenotypic Studies investigate and analyze phenotypic markers that serve as correlates to the genotypic determinants of alcoholism. Through its broad scope, this volume provides for the first time a panoramic viewof the knowledge available on the hereditary influences of alcoholism.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309089357

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Reducing Underage Drinking by Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking Pdf

Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.

Author : Edward Slingerland
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780316453370

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Drunk by Edward Slingerland Pdf

An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised). While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then.

Author : Edward D. Levin,Jerry J. Buccafusco
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781420004335

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Animal Models of Cognitive Impairment by Edward D. Levin,Jerry J. Buccafusco Pdf

The costs associated with a drug's clinical trials are so significant that it has become necessary to validate both its safety and efficacy in animal models prior to the continued study of the drug in humans. Featuring contributions from distinguished researchers in the field of cognitive therapy research, Animal Models of Cognitive Impairmen

Author : Robert Dudley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520958173

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The Drunken Monkey by Robert Dudley Pdf

Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a deep-time, interdisciplinary perspective on today’s patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse, Dudley traces the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory of the relationship of humans to alcohol, the book discusses the supporting research, implications of the hypothesis, and the medical and social impacts of alcoholism. The Drunken Monkey is designed for interested readers, scholars, and students in comparative and evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, medicine, and public health.

Author : Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : PRNC:32101046505226

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Alcohol and the Human Body ... by Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge Pdf

For laters editions see under title "Alcohol and human life" by C.C. Weeks.

Author : Sir Victor Horsley,Mary D. Sturge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : UCD:31175010113960

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Alcohol and the Human Body by Sir Victor Horsley,Mary D. Sturge Pdf

Author : Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : OCLC:1285463378

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Alcohol and the Human Body by Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge Pdf

Author : Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : CORNELL:31924024830220

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Alcohol and the Human Body by Sir Victor Horsley,Mary Darby Sturge Pdf

For later editions see under title "Alcohol and human life" by C.C. Weeks.

Author : Robert Evans
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780147517609

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A Brief History of Vice by Robert Evans Pdf

A celebration of the brave, drunken pioneers who built our civilization one seemingly bad decision at a time, A Brief History of Vice explores a side of the past that mainstream history books prefer to hide. History has never been more fun—or more intoxicating. Guns, germs, and steel might have transformed us from hunter-gatherers into modern man, but booze, sex, trash talk, and tripping built our civilization. Cracked editor Robert Evans brings his signature dogged research and lively insight to uncover the many and magnificent ways vice has influenced history, from the prostitute-turned-empress who scored a major victory for women’s rights to the beer that helped create—and destroy—South America's first empire. And Evans goes deeper than simply writing about ancient debauchery; he recreates some of history's most enjoyable (and most painful) vices and includes guides so you can follow along at home. You’ll learn how to: • Trip like a Greek philosopher. • Rave like your Stone Age ancestors. • Get drunk like a Sumerian. • Smoke a nose pipe like a pre–Columbian Native American. “Mixing science, humor, and grossly irresponsible self-experimentation, Evans paints a vivid picture of how bad habits built the world we know and love.”—David Wong, author of John Dies at the End

Author : Sir Victor Horsley,Mary D. Sturge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Drinking of alcoholic beverages
ISBN : OCLC:220452404

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Alcohol and the human body by Sir Victor Horsley,Mary D. Sturge Pdf

Author : Patrick E. McGovern
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780520944688

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Uncorking the Past by Patrick E. McGovern Pdf

In a lively gastronomical tour around the world and through the millennia, Uncorking the Past tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious, intoxicating search for booze. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about the creation and history of alcohol, and the role of alcohol in society across cultures. Along the way, he integrates studies in food and sociology to explore a provocative hypothesis about the integral role that spirits have played in human evolution. We discover, for example, that the cereal staples of the modern world were probably domesticated in agrarian societies for their potential in fermenting large quantities of alcoholic beverages. These include the delectable rice wines of China and Japan, the corn beers of the Americas, and the millet and sorghum drinks of Africa. Humans also learned how to make mead from honey and wine from exotic fruits of all kinds: even from the sweet pulp of the cacao (chocolate) fruit in the New World. The perfect drink, it turns out-whether it be mind-altering, medicinal, a religious symbol, liquid courage, or artistic inspiration-has not only been a profound force in history, but may be fundamental to the human condition itself. This coffee table book will sate the curiosity of any armchair historian interested in the long history of food and wine.

Author : Richmond Pearson Hobson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Alcohol
ISBN : UOM:39015071423076

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Alcohol and the Human Race by Richmond Pearson Hobson Pdf

Author : Caroline Knapp
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780440334088

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Drinking by Caroline Knapp Pdf

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The beads of moisture on a chilled bottle. The way the glasses clinked and the conversation flowed. Then it became obsession. The way she hid her bottles behind her lover's refrigerator. The way she slipped from the dinner table to the bathroom, from work to the bar. And then, like so many love stories, it fell apart. Drinking is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. Caroline had her first drink at fourteen. She drank through her yeras at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as an editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, a sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion. This startlingly honest memoir lays bare the secrecy, family myths, and destructive relationships that go hand in hand with drinking. And it is, above all, a love story for our times—full of passion and heartbreak, betrayal and desire—a triumph over the pain and deception that mark an alcoholic life. Praise for Drinking “Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.”—The New York Times “Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one.”—Newsweek