Drunk : how we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization
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New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
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Published
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 369 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-349) and index.
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While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Slingerland shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then. --from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Slingerland, E. (2021). Drunk: how we sipped, danced, and stumbled our way to civilization (First edition.). Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Slingerland, Edward, 1968-. 2021. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization. Little, Brown Spark.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Slingerland, Edward, 1968-. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Slingerland, Edward. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization First edition., Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
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