title: Alcohol in Hebridean culture: 16th-20th century.
abstract: This paper sets out to document certain cultural antecedents to alcohol use in a British community. In order to demonstrate the extent to which patterns of alcohol consumption arise within broader social and cultural contexts, drinking practices on the Western Isles of Scotland are examined in light of specific social, economic and religious changes which have taken place between the 16th and 20th centuries. This paper thus seeks to argue that drinking practices are historical in that they arise within the context of the social and material conditions of a given epoch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Policy and Professional Studies, University of Hull, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000266:history*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000266:history*; D006363:Hebrides; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000266:history*