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From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology, anthropology, sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism alcohol before the world economy industrialization and alcohol globalization, consumer society, and alcohol.Gina Hames argues that the production, trade, consumption, and regulation of alcohol have shaped virtually every civilization in numerous ways. It has perpetuated the development of both domestic and international trade; helped create identity a

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One Strategic Thought in America, 1952-1966 -- Chapter Two The Coming of the First World War: A Reassessment -- Chapter Three A "Wasting Asset": American Strategy and the Shifting Nuclear Balance, 1949-1954 -- Chapter Four The Nuclearization of NATO and U.S.-West European Relations -- Chapter Five The Berlin Crisis -- Chapter Six The Influence of Nuclear Weapons in the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Chapter Seven Making Sense of the Nuclear Age -- Appendix Key to Abbreviations in Chapter Five -- Index

This article highlights the benefits that rigorous use of oral history can offer to research on the contemporary business history of emerging markets. Oral history can help fill some of the major information voids arising from the absence of a strong tradition of creating and making accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not occur, and why companies have chosen certain industries over others. Oral history can also shed light on hyper-sensitive topics, such corruption, which are rarely formally documented.

pt. I. Preface : sexuality before modern times -- pt. I. Conclusion : sexuality in the agricultural age -- pt. II. Preface : sex in the modern world, 1750-1950 -- pt. II. Conclusion : was there a "modern" sexuality by 1950? -- pt. III. Preface : sexuality in the age of globalization -- pt. III. Conclusion : a new variety?