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Drinking behavior among southwestern Indians : an anthropological perspective / editors, Jack O. Waddell, Michael W. Everett ; collaborators, Donald N. Brown ... [et al.].

Waddell, Jack O., 1933- (Added Author). Everett, Michael W. (Added Author). Brown, Donald Nelson, 1937- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0816506760
ISBN: 9780816506767
ISBN: 0816506159 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780816506156 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxix, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1980.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographies and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

General introduction / Michael W. Everett -- The use of intoxicating beverages among native peoples of the aboriginal greater southwest / Jack O. Waddell -- Drinking as a means of articulating social and cultural values : Papagos in an urban setting / Jack O. Waddell -- Drinking as an indicator of community disharmony : the people of Taos Pueblo / Donald N. Brown -- Drinking as an expression of status : Navajo male adolescents / Martin D. Topper -- Drinking as a measure of proper behavior : the White Mountain Apaches / Michael W. Everett -- Group pressure and excessive drinking among native Americans / Fernando Escalante -- Community programs for native Americans : Alcoholism programs / Richard Cooley -- Mental health programs / Maurice W. Miller, Don Ostendorf -- Urban alcoholism programs / Ron Wood -- Similarities and variations in alcohol use in four native American societies in the southwest / Jack O. Waddell.