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Dear Group,
As a historian I feel woefully inadequate when it comes to what
scientists, anthropologists, etc. have said about the subject of
alcohol addiction. I know that Mexican temperance reformers in the
1920s and 30s believed that indigenous and working-class people drank
more than others, and they believed that science validated their ideas.
But my question is: what do modern scienticists say about this? Is
there any propensity to consume alcohol based on class or ethnicity?
It seems highly prejudiced to me, but I could be wrong. Any good works
that you could point me to?
Thanks,
Gretchen
Gretchen Pierce
Adjunct Instructor
Indiana University Northwest
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Arizona
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