On popular temperance movements, see Sidsel Eriksen, "Temperance from Below: The Birth of a 'Counter-Culture,'" in _The Changing Face of Drink: Substance, Imagery, and Behaviour_, eds. Jack S. Blocker, Jr. and Cheryl Krasnick Warsh (Ottawa: Histoire sociale/Social History, 1997), 209-236.

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From: Gretchen Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:03 pm
Subject: popular temperance movements
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As some of you might know, I'm writing my dissertation on the
> anti-alcohol campaign in Mexico in the 1920s and 30s.  I'm
> examining it
> on the national, state, and local levels.  I have found
> lots of great
> comparative literature, but I've found that most people talk
> about
> temperance movements from above (either from the point of view
> of
> governments or of upper/middle class reformers).  Can
> anyone point me
> to a body of literature from any region, any time period, that
> looks at
> popular temperance movements?
>
> Thanks,
> Gretchen Pierce
> Adjunct Instructor
> Indiana University Northwest
> Ph.D. Candidate
> University of Arizona
>