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