The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives examines the history of alcohol worldwide and goes beyond the historical lens to examine alcohol as a cultural and social phenomenon, used both for good and for ill.

Table of Contents

• Volume 1
• Reader's Guide
• About the Editor
• List of Contributors
• Introduction
• Chronology
• A
• Abbey Ales
• Absinthe
• Adams, Samuel
• Addiction and Alcoholism, History of
• Adult Children of Alcoholics
• Advertising and Marketing, History of
• Africa, Northern
• Africa, Sub-Saharan
• After-Dinner Drinks
• Al-Anon
• Alateen
• Alcohol Abuse, Symptoms of
• Alcohol Abuse and Crime, Sociology of
• Alcohol Abuse and Violence
• Alcohol and Drugs History Society
• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Alcohol by Volume
• Alcohol Management, Effective Techniques for
• Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test
• Alcohol Violations, Penalties for
• Alcohol Withdrawal Scale
• Alcoholics Anonymous and Recovery Groups in Popular Culture
• Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step Recovery Programs
• Alcoholics for Christ
• Alcoholism: Effect on Family
• Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, History of
• Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Sociology of
• Alcoholism Treatment, Sociology of
• Alcopops
• Ale
• Alexander the Great
• Algeria
• Amarone
• American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety
• American Council on Alcohol Problems
• American Council on Alcoholism
• American Medical Association
• American Temperance Society
• American Temperance Union
• Amethyst Initiative
• Amstel
• Amsterdam Group
• Ancient World, Drinking in the
• Anstie, Francis
• Anti-Saloon League
• Anton Proksch Institute
• Aperitifs
• Appalachian Moonshine Culture
• Applejack
• Aqua Vitae
• Archeological Evidence
• Argentina
• Art
• Arthur, Timothy Shay (T. S.)
• Asia, East
• Asia, South
• Asia, Southeast
• Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
• Atlantic City
• Australia and New Zealand
• Austria
• B
• Bacardi
• Bacon, Selden D.
• Bands of Hope
• Bar Bets
• Bar Hopping
• Barbera
• Barmaids
• Barolo
• Bars, History of Alcohol Abuse in
• Bartenders Against Drunk Driving
• Bartending
• Beaujolais
• Beck's
• Beecher, Lyman
• Beer
• Beer Advertising
• Beer and Foods
• Beer Containers and Sales
• Beer Pong
• Beer Runs
• Beerhouses
• Belgium
• Belvedere
• Betty Ford Center
• Binge Drinking, History of
• Black Sheep Bitter
• Blackouts
• Bloody Mary
• Blue Laws
• Blue Ribbon Movement
• Body Shots
• Boilermaker
• Booze
• Bordeaux
• Bourbon
• Bourbon Advertising
• Bourbon Cocktails
• Brandy
• Brazil
• Breathalyzer Test
• Brewing, History of
• Brewing Beer, Techniques of
• Brooks, Foster
• Brown-Forman
• Bryan, William Jennings
• Budweiser
• Budweiser Budvar
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• Burgundy
• C
• Cabarets
• Cabernet Franc
• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Cadets of Temperance
• Cafés
• Campari
• Canada
• Capone, Al
• Caribbean Islands
• Carling
• Carlsberg
• Carnival
• Casinos
• Cassiday, George
• Catholic Total Abstinence Society
• Catholicism
• Chamberlain, Joseph
• Champagne
• Champagne Advertising
• Champagne Cocktail
• Chardonnay
• Chartism
• Cherrington, Ernest H.
• Chianti
• Chile
• China
• Christianity
• Churchill, Winston
• Cider
• Civil Damage Laws
• Cocktail Parties
• Cocktail Waitresses
• Cocktails and Cocktail Culture
• Cognac
• Cognac Advertising
• Cold Turkey
• Cold Water Army
• Colombia
• Columbia Winery
• Commodity Chain Analysis, Global
• Confucianism
• Congressional Temperance Society
• Controlled Drinking, History of
• Cooking With Alcohol
• Coors
• Craft Brewing Culture
• Cross-Addiction
• Cruikshank, George
• Cullen-Harrison Act
• Cyclopedia of Temperance and Prohibition, The
• Czech Republic
• D
• Daiquiri
• Dark Beer
• Daughters of Temperance
• Delavan, Edward C.
• Democratic Party, U.S.
• Denmark
• Depression, History of Alcohol and
• Designated Driver
• Detoxification, Health Effects of
• Detoxification, History of
• Diageo
• Disease Model of Alcoholism
• Doctor Bob S.
• Domaine Weinbach
• Domestic Beer
• Dow, Neal
• Drama, Drinking and Temperance in
• Drinking, Anthropology of
• Drinking Establishments
• Drinking Games
• Drinking Songs
• Drunk-Driving Laws
• Drunken Behavior as Culturally Learned
• Drunkenness, Legal Definitions of
• Dry Cities and Counties
• Dutch Courage
• Volume 2
• E
• Edwards, Justin
• Egg Nog
• Egypt
• Egypt, Ancient
• Eighteenth Amendment
• Energy Drinks
• Ethnic Traditions
• Ethnicity, Alcohol, and Health
• Europe, Central and Eastern
• Europe, Northern
• Europe, Southern
• Europe, Western
• F
• Farmhouse and Belgian Ales
• Fermentation: Ancient Era Through Middle Ages
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Fields, W. C.
• Fifteen Gallon Law
• Films, Drinking in
• Fine Dining
• Finland
• Fortune Brands
• Foster's
• France
• French Colonial Empire
• Functional Alcoholic, Sociology of
• G
• Gandhi, Mohandas K.
• Garnacha (Grenache)
• Gender and Alcohol Abuse
• Gender and Alcohol Reform
• Gender and Drinking in Popular Culture
• General Court of Massachusetts (1657)
• Genetic Disposition, Alcoholism as a
• Germany
• Gewürztraminer
• Gimlet
• Gin
• Gin Advertising
• Gin Cocktails
• Gin Epidemic in England
• “Girl” Drinks
• Good Templars
• Gough, John Batholomew
• Grain Alcohol: Ancient Era Through Middle Ages
• Grant, Ulysses S.
• Greece
• Greece, Ancient
• Greene King IPA
• Grenache
• Grog and the British Royal Navy
• Grolsch
• Guinness
• H
• Hair of the Dog
• Handsome Lake
• Happy Hour
• Hard Cider
• Harm Reduction Network
• Harveys Best
• Hazelden Foundation
• Heavy Drinkers, History of
• Heineken
• High License
• High-Potency Drinks
• History and Culture of Alcohol and Drinking: 17th Century
• History and Culture of Alcohol and Drinking: 18th Century
• History and Culture of Alcohol and Drinking: 19th Century
• History and Culture of Alcohol and Drinking: 20th Century
• History of Alcoholic Beverages
• Holidays
• Home Protection
• Homelessness and Alcoholism, History of
• Hong Kong
• Hooch
• Hoover, Herbert
• Humor
• Hungary
• I
• Identification, Checking
• India
• Indonesia
• Industry Overview
• Internet, Alcohol Industry and the
• Internet, Drinking and Drunkenness on the
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Islamic Law
• Israel
• Italy
• J
• Japan
• Jazz Age
• Jefferson, Thomas
• Jellinek, E. M.
• Jello Shots
• Jewish Traditions
• John Smith's Brewery
• Johnson, Enoch “Nucky.”
• Journal of Studies on Alcohol
• Juke Joints
• K
• Kazakhstan
• Keeley Institutes
• Keggers
• Knights of Labor
• Kronenbourg
• Kuwait
• L
• Lager
• Lambrusco
• Last Call
• Latin America
• Legal Drinking Age: Rite of Passage
• LifeRing
• Light Beer
• Lincoln, Abraham
• Liqueur Advertising
• Liquor Boards
• Liquor Licenses
• Literature, Role of Alcohol in
• Livesey, Joseph
• Lloyd George, David
• Local Breweries
• Local Option
• London Pride
• Loyal Temperance Legion
• LVMH Moët Hennessy
• M
• Mafia
• Mail Order Alcohol
• Maine Law
• Malaysia
• Malt Liquor
• Manhattan
• Mann, Marty
• Mardi Gras
• Margarita
• Marsanne and Roussanne
• Marsh, John
• Martha Washington Societies
• Martin, Dean
• Martinis
• Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance
• Mathew, Father Theobald
• Mead
• Medicinal Use, History of
• Merlot
• Mexico
• Middle East
• Military Use and Regulation of Alcohol
• Miller Brewing Co.
• Mint Julep
• Moderation Management
• Montepulciano
• Moonshiners
• Moral Attitudes Toward Alcohol Consumption
• Moral Suasion
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving
• Mugler v. Kansas
• Muscat
• Music Halls
• N
• Nation, Carrie
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
• National Temperance Society and Publication House
• Native Americans
• Netherlands
• New Orleans Hurricane
• New Year's Eve
• Nigeria
• Nonbeverage Alcohols, History of
• Non-Partisan Women's Christian Temperance Union
• Norway
• Nutrition
• O
• Oglethorpe, James
• Old Fashioned
• Ottoman Empire
• Oxford Group
• P
• Pakistan
• Patent Medicines
• Peer Pressure
• Pernod Ricard
• Peroni
• Perry
• Personal Liberty League
• Peru
• Petite Sirah
• Philippines
• Physiological Effects of Alcohol: Chronic Abuse
• Physiological Effects of Alcohol: Moderate Use
• Pilsner
• Pinot Gris/Grigio
• Pinot Noir
• Poland
• Popular Music, Drinking in
• Portugal
• Portuguese Empire
• Post-Prohibition Bootlegging
• Precolonial Africa
• Pregnancy, History of Alcohol and
• Presidents, U.S.
• Prohibition
• Prohibition Party
• Proof, Alcohol
• Psychological Effects of Alcohol: Chronic Abuse
• Psychological Effects of Alcohol: Moderate Use
• Pub Crawls
• Public Service Announcements
• Pubs
• Punch
• R
• Rational Recovery
• Rechabite Friendly Society
• Recovery International
• Regulation of Alcohol
• Rehabilitation Centers, History of
• Religion
• Republican Party, U.S.
• Resorts
• Riesling
• Rioja
• Rituals
• Roadhouses
• Roman Empire
• Romania
• Roosevelt, Franklin D.
• Rum
• Rum Advertising
• Rum Cocktails
• Rush, Benjamin
• Russia
• Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies
• Rye
• Volume 3
• S
• Sabine, Pauline Morton
• Sake
• Saloons, Modern
• Saloons, Wild West
• Salvation Army
• San Miguel
• Sangiovese
• Sangria
• Saudi Arabia
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Schnapps
• Scotch
• Scotch Advertising
• Scotch Cocktails
• Scotland
• Screwdriver
• Secular Organization for Sobriety
• Semillon
• Server Responsibility Laws, U.S.
• Serving Sizes
• Sexual Activity and Aphrodisiacs
• Sharp's Doom Bar
• Shebeens
• Ships, Commissioning of
• Shooters
• Shot and a Beer
• Sinclair, Upton
• Singapore
• Slavery
• SMART Recovery
• Smith, Robert Holbrook
• Social Media
• Songs About Alcohol and Drinking
• Sons of Temperance
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Spanish Empire
• Speakeasies and Blind Pigs
• Sporting Events
• Sporting Events, Sponsorship of
• St. Patrick's Day
• Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem
• State Liquor Stores
• State Regulations After Prohibition, U.S.
• Stella Artois
• Stereotypical Depiction of Alcoholics
• Stouts and Porters
• Student Culture, College and University
• Student Culture, High School
• Students Against Destructive Decisions
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Synanon
• Syrah (Shiraz)
• T
• Taoism
• Taverns
• Taxation
• Television
• Temperance, History of
• Temperance Movement, The New
• Temperance Movements
• Temperance Movements, Religion in
• Tennent's
• Tenskwatawa
• Tequila
• Tequila Cocktails
• Tetley Smooth
• Thai Beverage
• Thailand
• Thompson, Nucky
• 3.2 Beer
• Timothy Taylor Landlord
• Toasting
• Tobacco and Drugs, Alcohol's Interaction With
• Towns, Charles B.
• Trotter, Thomas
• Turkey
• Twenty-First Amendment
• U
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Untouchables, The
• V
• Valpolicella
• Victorian England
• Vietnam
• Viniculture, Global History of
• Viognier
• Vodka
• Vodka Advertising
• Vodka Cocktails
• Volstead Act
• Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
• W
• Wakes
• War
• Washington, George
• Washingtonians
• Wassail
• Webb-Kenyon Act
• Wheeler, Wayne
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Willard, Frances
• William Grant & Sons
• Wilson, Bill
• Wine, Banana
• Wine, Early History of
• Wine, Madeira
• Wine, Palm
• Wine Advertising
• Wine Connoisseurship
• Wine Coolers
• Wine Tasting
• Wine Tourism
• Wines, California
• Wines, Cheap
• Wines, Cocainized
• Wines, Fortified
• Wines, French
• Wines, Fruit
• Wines, Red
• Wines, Rosé
• Wines, White
• Wittenmyer, Annie Turner
• Woman's Christian Temperance Union
• Women for Sobriety
• Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform
• Women's Temperance Crusade (1874)
• Workplace Drinking, Sociology of
• World Health Organization
• World Trade, History of Alcohol and
• Worthington's Creamflow
• Y
• Yale Summer School of Alcohol Studies
• Z
• Zinfandel
• Glossary
• Resource Guide
• Appendixes
• Appendix A. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, “Apparent per Capita Alcohol Consumption: National, State, and Regional Trends, 1977–2012”
• Appendix B: Toasts Around the World
• Photo Credits