Oops.
Sorry about sending this to the whole list.
It was for Frederick H. Smith.
Anyone else who has replies or input are welcome to do so.

Just fyi, the dept. here is interested in the course (cautiously, 'cause
I'm not on faculty), although funding as always, is an issue.

Cheers

Dan

At 08:43 AM 9/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dr. Smith
>You responded to my query re: alcohol history a while back.
>
>Would you be able to forward me a copy of your course outline?  I need to
>come up with a more formal and structured proposal for the department here
>at Brock, and I could use the input from others who have done the same type
>of course, and have had student feedback.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Dan Malleck
>
>
>At 01:49 PM 9/11/99 +0300, you wrote:
>>In response to Dan Malleck's request:
>>        I'm currently teaching a course "A cultural history of alcohol" in
>>the Honors department at the University of Florida. The course combines
>>anthropological and historical approaches to drinking. Emphasis is on
>>traditional uses of alcohol in the developing world. Geoffrey Giles'
>>"Alcohol in history" course provided a good foundation and would be an
>>excellent model for any social history of alcohol course. So far, the
>>cross-cultural perspective has been well received. Although we have not yet
>>reached the week, Emmanuel Akyeampong's recent social history of drink in
>>Ghana has already generated some good discussion outside of class. I have
>>also received positive feedback from students about W. Taylor's Drink,
>>homocide... and M. Powers Faces along the bar. Many of the readings are
>>articles from Barrows and Room (unfortunately out-of-print), as well as the
>>readers from M. Marshall (1979) and M. Everett, J. Waddell, and D. Heath
>>(1976). The students in the Honors program are at an advanced academic
>>level and preliminary responses suggest they have embraced the broad
>>cross-cultural perspective. They are using this course as an opportunity to
>>explore a broad range of cultural ideas and to examine non-western uses of
>>alcohol traditionally overlooked.
>>
>>                                                        Frederick H. Smith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm proposing a course on the history of alcohol, broadly construed (I'll
>>>narrow it down soon enough) and am looking for decent general histories, or
>>>collections.  I know of "The changing face of drink" and earlier
>>>collections ("Alcohol, Reform and Society" for example.. part of my
>>>personal Jack Blocker library!) but could use a few more suggestions...
>>>especially something that is accessible for non-historians.
>>>
>>>The course I'm proposing is for general students, but especially students
>>>of viticulture, so wine history would also be useful.
>>>
>>>I know similar questions have been asked of this list before, but they were
>>>a while back, and new material might be available (for example, I seem to
>>>recall Rod Phillips was talking about developing such a course or text a
>>>few months ago).  So any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>>
>>>Cheers.
>>>
>>>Dan Malleck
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>>>"It is not because things are difficult that we do not try them, it is
>>>because we do not try them that they are difficult."  --Seneca
>>
>>
>>Frederick H. Smith
>>University of Florida
>>Department of Anthropology
>>1116 Turlington Hall
>>Gainesville, Fl 32611
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