Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug

Edwards, Griffith

ISBN 10: 0312283873 / ISBN 13: 9780312283872

Published by Thomas Dunne Books, 2002

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Synopsis:

An authoritative history of alcohol, from the Egyptians to the present, examines the many forms of alcohol, including cocktail, medicine, and religious symbol, revealing a liquid that has the power to either provide supreme pleasure or utter destruction. 10,000 first printing.

About the Author:

Griffith Edwards is one of the world's leading experts on alcohol. Born in India, he received his M.D. from Oxford University. For 40 years Edwards has made a specialty of being both fair-minded and catholic in his study of alcoholism. He has made the Addiction Research Unit - more recently the National Addiction Center - at the Maudsley Hospital in London, the finest international center for postgraduate education in addiction in the world. He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal, Addiction. For many years he has been a frequent visitor to the US and was a consultant to the White House Office on the prevention of drug abuse. He has been awarded many major international scientific prizes, including the Nathan B. Eddy medal of the US College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Jellinek Memorial Prize, and the annual award of the American Educational and Research Society on Alcohol. He was named a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1987, awarded for services to social science and medicine. Married with two grown-up children, he and his wife live in Greenwich, England.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good