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Readings (Listing does not imply endorsement)

Bacon, M. K., Barry, H. And Child, I. L. A cross-cultural study of drinking. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Supplement No. 3, 1965.

Bales, R. F. Cultural differences in rates of alcoholism. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1946, 6, 480-499.

Bennett, L. A., Janca, A., Grant, B. F., and Sartorius, N. Boundaries between normal and pathological drinking: a cross-cultural comparison. Alcohol Health and Research World, 1993, 17, 190-195.

Blane, H. T. Acculturation and drinking in an Italian-American community. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1977, 38, 1324-1346.

Field, P. B. A New Cross-Cultural Study of Drunkenness. In: Pittman, D. J., and Snyder, C. R. Society, Culture, and Drinking Patterns. New York: Wiley, 1962.

Heath, D. B. Cultural Variations among Drinking Patterns. In: Grant, M., and Litvak, J. (Eds.). Drinking Patterns and their Consequences. Washington: Taylor & Francis, 1998. Pp. 103-125.

Heath, D. B. (Ed.). International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Heath, D. B. A Decade of Development in the Anthropological Study of Alcohol Use: 1970-1980. In: Douglas, M. (Ed.). Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. 16-69.

Heath, D. B. Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcohol Use. In: Galanter, M. (Ed.). Recent Developments in Alcoholism. Vol. 2. New York: Plenum, 1984.

Heath, D. B. In Other Cultures, They Also Drink. In: Gomberg, E. L., White, H. R., and Carpenter, J.A. (Eds.). Alcohol, Science and Society Revisited. Ann Arbor, MI and New Brunswick, NJ: University of Michigan Press and Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1982. Pp. 63-79.

Helzer, J. E., and Canino, G. J. (Eds.). Alcoholism in North America, Europe, and Asia. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Holyfield, L., Ducharme, L. J., and Martin, J. K. Drinking contexts, alcohol beliefs, and patterns of alcohol consumption: Evidence for a comprehensive model of problem drinking. Journal of Drug Issues, 1995, 25, 783-798.

Leland, J. Firewater Myths: North American Indian Drinking and Alcohol Addiction. (Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, Monograph No. 11) New Brunswick, NJ: 1976.

Levine, H. G. Temperance Cultures: Alcohol as Problem in Nordic and English-speaking Cultures. In: Lender, M. And Edwards, G. (Eds.). The Nature of Alcohol and Drug-Related Problems. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pp. 16-36.

MacAndrew, C., and Edgerton, R. B. Drunken Comportment: A Social Explanation. Chicago: Aldine, 1969.

Marshall, M. (Ed.). Beliefs, Behaviors and Alcoholic Beverages: A Cross-Cultural Survey. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1979.

Pernanen, K. Alcohol in Human Violence. New York: Guilford Press, 1991.

Room, R. The impossible dream? Routes to reducing alcohol problems in a temperate culture. Journal of Substance Abuse, 1992, 4, 91-106.

Snyder, C. R. Alcohol and the Jews: A Cultural Study of Drinking and Sobriety. (Rutgers Center on Alcohol Studies, Monograph No. 1) Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1958.

Stivers, R. A Hair of the Dog: Irish Drinking and American Stereotype. Universtiy Park, PA: Pennsylvannia State University Press, 1976.

Zimberg, S. Sociopsychiatric perspectives on Jewish alcohol abuse: Implications for the prevention of alcoholism. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1977, 4, 571-579.

Zinberg, N. E. Drug, Set, and Setting: the Basis for Controlled Intoxicant Use. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1984.

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