The authors show how and why alcohol and violence are so often linked today. 'This book makes an important contribution to the literature on homicide and on the role of alcohol in society.

After she moves her children to their new home, Jenny MacPartland's love-at-first-sight, fairytale marriage to the perfect man, changes from a dream come true to a nightmare.

A harrowing chronicle of England's early-eighteenth century 'gin craze.--The Atlantic Monthly

The book draws on sources from the US, UK, Canada and elsewhere, and covers topics including nineteenth century 'dipsomania', the history of inebriate homes, Alcoholics Anonymous, fetal alcohol education and liquor control.

This book is, at its core, a scientific treatise on what alcohol policy is, why it is needed, which interventions are effective, how policy is made, and how scientific evidence can inform the policy-making process.The book opens with an ...

A narrative account of the fight to regulate alcohol, from roughly 1800 to the repeal of national prohibition in 1933.