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Author Lewis, Milton James.

Title A rum state : alcohol and state policy in Australia, 1788-1988 / Milton Lewis
Published Canberra : AGPS Press, [1992]
©1992

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Description 231 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I Alcohol in Australian society: historical trends and patterns -- CHAPTER 2 The state and the alcoholic beverages industry -- CHAPTER 3 Evolution of the classic control system -- CHAPTER 4 Liberalisation of the licensing law: the state and liquor control from the 1930s to the 1980s -- CHAPTER 5 Inebriety discovered: the early treatment movement, medicine and the state -- CHAPTER 6 Treatment approaches and policy from the 1930s to the 1980s -- CHAPTER 7 The state, alcohol and Aborigines -- CHAPTER 8 A national alcohol and health policy -- CHAPTER 9 Lessons from history -- Abbreviations -- Sources - Index
Summary Control and treatment of alcoholism and the role of the state in the development and mitigation of the industry; includes (chapter 7) a survey of the states response to Aboriginal alcohol use; failure of early protection policies; effects of alcohol, prohibition and the permit system; alcohol consumption as a legislative problem; community control measures; alcoholism as a health problem - prevention, self-help and treatment programs
Notes Cat. no. 9115456
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [205]-221
Subject Alcoholic beverage industry -- Australia -- History.
Alcoholic beverages -- Government policy -- Australia -- History.
Alcoholism -- Government policy -- Australia -- History.
Alcoholism -- Treatment -- Australia -- History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Government policy -- Australia -- History.
Liquor laws -- Australia -- History.
Alcohol Drinking -- trends.
Alcoholism -- prevention & control.
Health Policy.
SUBJECT Australia -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100478
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315
Author Lewis, Milton.
LC no. 01003082
ISBN 0644220244 (paperback)