Under the Influence – Ross Fitzgerald & Trevor Jordan
Under the Influence takes you on a journey back through Australia’s love affair with grog with historian’s Ross Fitzgerald & Trevor Jordan
In reading Under the Influence I have not only discovered that alcohol has been integral to major events in Australian history I have also found – as will many other readers – that it has also been integral to major events in the history of my own family. It’s intoxicating to read the story of our country through the bottom of a glass.
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Under the Influence is a unique look at Australian history as seen through the perspective of the influence of alcohol. Extremely readable and well researched this book shows how the patterns for alcohol use (and abuse) can be traced back to the very early days of white settlement in Australia taking us all the way up to the present day and our ongoing concerns about teenage drinking and alcohol-fuelled violence as well as the role of the industry players in the promotion and packaging of an increasingly dizzying array of alcoholic products.
Along the way we learn of the social political and cultural facets of alcohol and it makes fascinating reading discovering what our attitude to alcohol says about who we are who we care about and what we care about.
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