title: The politics of prohibition on Namoluk Atoll.
abstract: The drinking patterns and the attempt to institute prohibition during 1969-71 on Namoluk Atoll, in the Eastern Caroline Islands, are described. The question of prohibition became a symbol of an intergenerational struggle for political power, which was eventually won by the younger antiprohibitionists.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D003709:Democracy; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D008297:Male; D008849:Micronesia; D008875:Middle Aged; D011057:Politics; D012919:Social Behavior; D012922:Social Change