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Author Dudley, Robert, 1961- author.

Title The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / Robert Dudley.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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 theo.
Contents Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Alcoholism.
Alcoholism.
Human evolution.
Human evolution.
Primates -- Evolution.
Primates -- Evolution.
Human physiology.
Human physiology.
Monkeys -- Physiology.
Monkeys -- Physiology.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dudley, Robert, 1961- Drunken monkey. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014] 9780520275690 (DLC) 2013033162 (OCoLC)857234334
ISBN 9780520958173 (electronic book)
0520958179 (electronic book)
1306329760 (electronic book)
9781306329767 (electronic book)
9780520275690
0520275691