Potent brews : a social history of alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1999 / Justin Willis London : J. Currey ; Athens : Ohio University Press, c2002 Abbreviations Glossary List of Maps, Tables, Figures & Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Ambiguous power 1 1 What are you drinking?: Alcohol & innovation 1850-1999 21 Pt. 1 Drink, sex & violence: The nature of power in nineteenth-century East Africa 47 2 Wild women & violent youths 50 3 Drinking power: The construction of authority in pre-colonial societies 61 4 Chiefs & caravans: Alternative sources of power 76 Pt. 2 Native liquor, money & the colonial state: c. 1900-60 95 5 Selling drink 1900-60 99 6 Native liquor, native authority: Drinking policy & practice 1900-40 118 7 Clubs & beerhalls 1940-55 141 8 Whisky in the club: 'Intoxicating Liquor' 1900-47 160 Pt. 3 Drink & development: c.1950-90 175 9 'Beer is best': Formal sector alcohol 1947-90 181 10 Traditional liquor & development c.1960-90 198 11 'Impure spirit': Illicit distillation, health & power 220 Pt. 4 Drinking in the 1990s 241 12 Beer wars & power drinks: State, capital & drinking well-being 1991-99 243 13 Crises of drinking & diversification 252 Appendices 267 App. I European & Asian alcohol consumption, Kenya & Uganda 1922-48 App. II Consumption of formal sector alcohol in Kenya 1954-90 App. III Bottled-beer production for local consumption & excise revenue from beer App. IV Modern drinking & production: summary results of surveys App. V Interview details Bibliography 291 Index 300 Descript'n xii, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index ISBN 0821414755 (cl : alk. paper) 0821414763 (pbk. : alk. paper)