The electronic version of the Chronicle of Higher Education, 14 Oct. 04, includes a report on alcohol in history: "Recent titles explore the history of alcohol, from the ubiquity of beer in the Middle Ages to absinthe's role in European art movements of the late 1800s." Unfortunately, since I don't subscribe to the print version all that I can read is the sentence quoted above! If anybody is more fortunate, please let us know what the Chronicle says.