> >Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:19:58 -0700 >Subject: Re: research for book about gin >From: Lesley Jacobs <[log in to unmask]> >To: Dan Malleck <[log in to unmask]> Colleagues I received this request for information from Lesley Jacobs, a researcher doing a book about gin who wants some historical background. I forwarded some suggestions, but am sending the message to you all in case you would like to contact this researcher yourself. A selection from the request is below. Best Dan <<Snip>> I am currently researching a book entitled "Gin: A Global History" for Reaktion Books UK. As part of the project, I will be exploring the London gin craze, as well as prohibition in America. What I basically need are some experts to speak with, so that I have solid primary sources (even if they are telling me the same things I'd garner from books.) >I want to focus on the addiction aspect of gin in London (obviously >Warner's ballywack, but is there anyone else?) Also, I'd like to >talk to some historians regarding the medicinal properties of gin, >as well as the how prohibition created its own sort of illicit drug trade. > >Lesley Jacobs > > Dan Malleck, PhD Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Editor-in-chief, Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and immediately delete this message and its contents, and then find someone to blame. Thank you.