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