Important Bibliographies
Historical information can be challenging to find, but a classic method is to examine the bibliographies or references cited in relevant articles or books. Here are a few to get you started.
- Ehrlander, Mary. The Historical Roots of a Frontier Alcohol Culture: Alaska and Northern Canada. The Northern Review, no. 32. Spring, (2010).
This UAF professor's article has a lengthy list of relevant references. The article is free, but you do have to create a sign-in account for the journal's website.
- Grinëv, Andrei V. The Distribution of Alcohol among the Natives of Russian America. Arctic Anthropology 47, no. 2, (2010), 69-79.
This article focuses on early alcohol use in Russian America. The sources may be hard to find, and some only in Russian! Ask a Reference Librarian for assistance if you want to find some of them.
- Lee, Nella. Impossible Mission: A History of the Legal Control of Native Drinking in Alaska. Wicazo Sa Review , Vol. 12, No. 2 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 95-109. Published by: University of Minnesota Press. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1409209
This article contains a variety of historical references on this topic, focused particularly on alcohol use among Alaska Natives. To access JSTOR you will need to be on campus, or log in through our proxy server using your UAF email login and password.
- Norris, Frank Blaine. Alaskans and the prohibition experiment. Politics and government in Alaska's past, (1995), pp. 81-91.
This book chapter was part of a presentation given to the Alaska Historical Society.
