Drinkers derive both pleasure and pain from drinking, but harm may come also to others.
Through religious or secular rules, societies have sought to limit these “externalities” of …

Historical evolution of alcohol consumption in society Page 24 Chapter 1 Historical evolution of
alcohol consumption in society David J. Hanson Introduction Consuming alcoholic drinks has …

Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people
readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic …

Alcohol use has a long and ubiquitous history. The prevailing tendency to view alcohol
merely as a'social problem'or the popular notion that alcohol only serves to provide us with …

On the surface it seems that we have come a long way in the United States toward
understanding alcoholism. There is remarkable consistency of belief and opinion to be …

Why are we so ambivalent about alcohol? Are we torn between our love of a drink and the
need to restrict, or even prohibit, alcohol? How did saloon culture arise in the United States …

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 …

Purpose–In history, alcohol has most commonly been constructed as a problem that affects
individuals, not others. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of historical and …

Alcoholic drinks have been used by humans since prehistoric times. As European explorers
and empires expanded across the world from 1500 to 1900, they found indigenous alcoholic …

Harry Levine is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Queens College, City
University of New York, Flushing, New York. His previous work with the Alcohol Research …