Dear List members,

I hope this question doesn't sound flippant.  I have been researching the
Culture of Drink in the early Chesapeake (1600 to 1820), and I keep
wondering if many early modern men and women were deyhdrated much of the
time.  Does anyone know of any work, or have any comments, on whether
cultures in which very strong alcohol is the predominant drink experience
general dehydration?

thank you,

Sarah


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Sarah C. Hand
PhD Candidate
Dept. of History
University of Virginia

Programming Coordinator
The Women's Center
University of Virginia