Abstract
This is a book review of the title 'Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness: (Dis)Orderly Spaces' by M. Jayne, G. Valentine and S.L. Holloway, ISBN: 978-0-7546-7160-2 published by Ashgate: Surrey, 2011. 158 pp.
(Dis)Orderly Spaces sets out to be the first book dedicated to looking at alcohol issues through a geographical lens. This aim is particularly refreshing for this reader, who for the past quarter century has felt like the only geographer working in the substance use field in Scotland - and yet from the outset was struck that Amsterdam University’s drug research team was based in their department of Sociale Geografie (perhaps, unlike the English-speaking world, the Dutch have a more tolerant attitude towards geographers?).
(Dis)Orderly Spaces sets out to be the first book dedicated to looking at alcohol issues through a geographical lens. This aim is particularly refreshing for this reader, who for the past quarter century has felt like the only geographer working in the substance use field in Scotland - and yet from the outset was struck that Amsterdam University’s drug research team was based in their department of Sociale Geografie (perhaps, unlike the English-speaking world, the Dutch have a more tolerant attitude towards geographers?).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 182–184 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Social History of Alcohol and Drugs |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1/2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Keywords
- alcohol
- drinking culture
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Forsyth, A. (2011). Book Review: Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness: (Dis)Orderly Spaces. Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, 25(1/2), 182–184. http://alcoholanddrugshistorysociety.wordpress.com/shad-journal/the-social-history-of-alcohol-and-drugs-25-v1-2/