Beth, 1. It may be no accident that the history of drinking in college is a territory virtually ignored in the literature. This is a problem territory that often gets hawked by its players as "getting worse and worse" -- a theme that doesn't get much help from an informed historical sensibility. 2. Start with Straus, R.; Bacon, S. Drinking in college. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1971. 221 p. (113683). It's wonderful and it will give you a picture of the scholarly positioning of college drinking a half-century ago. 3. I once collected a terrific article on college drinking in FORTUNE MAGAZINE, from the mid- or late-1940s. Unfortunately, I can't lay my hands on my FORTUNE file at the moment. This article is well worth seeking out. Some hits on ETOH: 4. Landesco-J. College seniors and the liquor problem. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Prohibition: A National Experiment, 163(Sep):130-146, 1932. (078834) 5. Gonzalez, G.M. Effects of raising the drinking age and related campus initiatives on student alcohol consumption and alcohol- related problems. Journal of College Student Development, 31(2): 181-183, 1990. (109929) 6. Giles-G-J. Student drinking in the third reich academic tradition and the nazi revolution. Conference on the Social History of Alcohol, Berkeley, CA: 2 Jan - 5 Jan 1984. 21 p. (075057) One more thing: 7. .RR #13: WSU and the Beer Rebellion: A Wider View* -- at http://www.roizen.com/ron/rr13.htm Good Hunting! Ron Roizen ---------- From: Jon Miller <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: history of drinking at college Date: Monday, February 09, 2004 6:46 PM Here's an interesting question. Any scholarly works on the history of drinking at college come to mind? Jon >Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:02:13 -0600 >From: Beth Greenberg <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: History of Alcohol Question >Sender: Beth Greenberg <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >X-WebMail-UserID: bgreenberg >X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00003014 >X-uakron_edu-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for >more information >X-uakron_edu-MailScanner: Found to be clean >X-uakron_edu-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0, > required 7) >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Feb 2004 01:55:17.0120 (UTC) >FILETIME=[EE64C000:01C3EF78] > >Mr. Miller, > I found your name on a website while I was searching for resources on the >history of alcohol on college campuses. I am writing a graduate research paper >on alcohol abuse and education on college campuses, but I am unable to find >any resources that discuss the actual history of drinking at college. Could >you perhaps suggest any journals or articles that I could use for this search? >Thank you in advance for any assistance! >~Beth Greenberg >[log in to unmask] > >Beth Greenberg >Greek Life Graduate Assistant >DePauw University >408 S.Locust St, Room 200C >Greencastle, IN 46135 >(765)658-4851