Title From hunting to drinking : the devastating effects of alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal community / David McKnight.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and index.
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. Anthropological views of 'the problem of drinking' -- 3. Policies and practices : putting Aborigines 'in their place' -- 4. The social and historical background of the Wellesley Islands -- 5. Changing relationships between the generations -- 6. 'Try-ask' and 'knock-back' -- 7. The snake -- 8. The shire and the canteen -- 9. The destruction of the community and of the self -- 10. Childhood and formal education -- 11. Law and the police -- 12. The built environment -- 13. 'You can't stop native people from drinking'? -- 14. Why isn't something done? -- 15. Conclusions.
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Subject	Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Mornington Island (Qld.)
	Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use.
	Australia.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
	Alcoholism -- Australia -- History.
	Alcoholism.
	History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: McKnight, David, 1935-2006. From hunting to drinking. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415271509 0415271517 (OCoLC)49299087
ISBN	0203398327 (electronic book)
	9780203398326 (electronic book)
	0415271517 (Paper)
	0415271509 (Cloth)