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Alcohol in Popular Culture Alcohol in Popular Culture AN ENCYCLOPEDIA Rachel Black, Editor Copyright2010byRachelBlack Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsin areview,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Alcoholinpopularculture:anencyclopedia/RachelBlack,editor. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978 0 313 38048 8(hbk.:alk.paper) ISBN978 0 313 38049 5(ebook) 1. Alcoholicbeverages Socialaspects UnitedStates Encyclopedias.2. Drinkingof alcoholicbeverages UnitedStates.3. Alcoholicbeverageindustry Socialaspects UnitedStates. I.Black,Rachel,1975 HV5017.A435 2010 362.2920973 dc22 2010019892 ISBN:978 0 313 38048 8 EISBN:978 0 313 38049 5 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abcclio.comfordetails. Greenwood AnImprintofABCCLIO,LLC ABCCLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California931161911 Thisbookisprintedonacidfreepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica For my husband,Doug Cook,whoofferedme supportand encouragementfrom beginningto end. Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Timeline xxi ListofEntries xxv GuidetoRelatedTopics xxvii TheEncyclopedia 1 SelectedBibliography 211 Index 219 AbouttheEditorandContributors 227 Preface AlcoholproductionandconsumptionisacontentioustopicintheUnitedStates. In the debates surrounding alcohol, the cultural context is often lost and over- shadowedbyafocusonthehealthandsocialissuesassociatedwithalcoholism. Theseareseriousissuesthatcertainlyrequirefurtherstudyanddebate.However, in thisencyclopedia we havetried to focuson theoften-marginalized and pop- cultureaspectsofalcoholuseandmisuse.Entriesilluminatethefavoritealcoholic beveragesintheUnitedStates,howtheyaremade,howtheyareincorporatedin everyday life and special events, their role in history, their impacts on society and health, their role in the arts, and much more. This encyclopedia covers a broadtimeperiod:primarilyfromtheColonialeratothepresentday.Achronol- ogyhelpstoputthetopicofalcoholinhistoricalcontext.Thegeographicscopeis largely limited to the United States, while in some instances going beyond the boundariesofthiscountrytoconsidertheconnectionsandinfluencesfromout- side.Thisencyclopediashouldbeseenasastartingpointforfurtherinvestigation. Wehopethatitwillinspireandstimulatefurtherconsiderationofthetopicspre- sentedhere. More than 100 entries are arranged alphabetically from A to Z and largely focusondrinksthemselves,concepts,businessaspects,entertainment,ephemera, regulations,socialaspects,movements,organizations,andimportanteventsthat have played a part in creating the cultures of alcohol that are now part of the greaterAmericancultureandhistory.Sidebarsthroughouttheworkfurtherillu- minatetheentries. Thecontributorstothisvolumehaveawidevarietyofbackgrounds.Scholars fromthefieldsofsociology,anthropology,history,andliteraturehavelenttheir expertise to this work. In addition, journalists and professional writers have helpedtogivethisencyclopediaarichervoicethatspeaksbeyondacademia.This volume has the rigor of an academic study, but the reader-friendly tone and

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