I-XVIII -- INTRODUCTION: Alcohol Studies and Anthropology -- PART ONE: Pioneering Works and Their Reassessment -- Introduction -- Chamula and Chichicastenango: A Re-examination -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Drinking: Integrated Drinking and Sex Differences in the Use of Alcoholic Beverages -- PART TWO: The Ethnographic Data Base -- Introduction -- Anthropological Perspectives on Alcohol: An Historical Review -- A Review and Appraisal of Alcohol and Kava Studies in Oceania -- European Drinking Habits: A Review of Research and Some Suggestions for Conceptual Integration of Findings -- Family Behavior and Alcoholism -- Similarities and Differences Among a Heavily Arrested Group of Navajo Indian Drinkers in a Southwestern American Town -- PART THREE: Historical Approaches -- Introduction -- Alcohol and Culture: The Historical Evolution of Drinking Patterns Among the Mapuche -- Alcohol Usage in an African Society -- Summary of an Alcoholism Study Apurímac-Ayacucho River Valley, in the Peru -- PART FOUR: Physiological and Biomedical Aspects of Alcohol Consumption -- Introduction -- Body, Mind, and Booze -- Ethanol Metabolism in Various Racial Groups -- Ethnic Groups, Human Variation, and Alcohol Use -- PART FIVE: The Current Status of Cross-Cultural Theories -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Evidence That Dependency Conflict Motivates Drunkenness -- Drinking as a Manifestation of Power Concerns -- Drunkenness and Culture Stress: A Holocultural Test -- The Epidemiology of Alcoholism with Specific Reference to Sociocultural Factors -- Theory in Alcohol Studies -- PART SIX: Methodological Considerations and Data Collection -- Introduction -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Alcoholism in the Clinical Setting: Review and Evaluation -- The Cultural Approach, Verbal Plans, and Alcohol Research -- Observations on Methodological Considerations for Cross-Cultural Alcohol Studies -- A Documentation Resource for Cross-Cultural Studies on Alcohol -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects