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Potent brews : a social history of alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1999 / Justin Willis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Eastern African studies (London, England)Publication details: London : British Institute in Eastern Africa in association with James Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2002.Description: xii, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0821414755 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0821414763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.1/3/09676 21
LOC classification:
  • HV5646 .W55 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction - Ambiguous power - What are you drinking? - I DRINK, SEX & VIOLENCE: THE NATURE OF POWER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EAST AFRICA Wild women & violent youths - Drinking authority - Chiefs & caravans II NATIVE LIQUOR, MONEY & THE COLONIAL STATE, c. 1900-60 Selling drink, 1900-60 - Native liquor & native authority, 1900-40 - Clubs & beerhalls, 1940-55 - Whisky in the club: 'intoxicating liquor', 1900-47 - III DRINK & DEVELOPMENT, c. 1950-90 'Beer is best': formal sector alcohol, 1947-90 - Traditional liquor & development, c. 1960-90 - 'Impure spirit': illicit distillation, health & power - IV DRINKING IN THE 1990s Beer wars & power drinks, 1990-9 - Crises of drinking & diversification - Appendices - Bibliography.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Zetech Library - Mang'u General Stacks Non-fiction HV5646 .W55 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Z011196

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.

Introduction - Ambiguous power - What are you drinking? - I DRINK, SEX & VIOLENCE: THE NATURE OF POWER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EAST AFRICA Wild women & violent youths - Drinking authority - Chiefs & caravans II NATIVE LIQUOR, MONEY & THE COLONIAL STATE, c. 1900-60 Selling drink, 1900-60 - Native liquor & native authority, 1900-40 - Clubs & beerhalls, 1940-55 - Whisky in the club: 'intoxicating liquor', 1900-47 - III DRINK & DEVELOPMENT, c. 1950-90 'Beer is best': formal sector alcohol, 1947-90 - Traditional liquor & development, c. 1960-90 - 'Impure spirit': illicit distillation, health & power - IV DRINKING IN THE 1990s Beer wars & power drinks, 1990-9 - Crises of drinking & diversification - Appendices - Bibliography.

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