Black Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: An Annotated Bibliography

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Alcoholism and alcohol abuse continue to be recognized as significant and growing problems among the general population, and have begun to be recognized among black Americans. This fine work brings together the burgeoning medical, economic, social, and historical literature on black drinking and alcohol abuse. This work will save hours of sorting through the literature of many disciplines and variety of formats. Selected references from the literature date from the 1940s to the present, and include more research-based studies than descriptive ones. The work is arranged chronologically, with subject and author indexes in the back of the book. Entries include a complete bibliographic citation (author, title, imprint) and a one- to two- paragraph informative abstract. A fine choice for academic and larger public libraries.-ARBA
Watts and Wright, collaborators on numerous articles on black alcohol abuse, offer an annotated listing of 553 items. Organized by date of publication, the first item listed, on Negro bootleggers in North Carolina, appeared in 1943; the last, on the incidence of alcohol-related cancers among blacks, in 1985. The bulk of the articles (456) appeared after 1975. The compilers intend that the bibliography be used by practitioners and professionals alike. To that end, they append a list of social service and information agencies dealing with substance abuse generally, as well as agencies whose particular concern is black people. This useful feature...is one that other compilers of bibliographies on social issues could well emulate. The compilers might have noted in the index those articles on alcohol abuse by black women and youth. That aside, this up-to-date compilation should find wide use among researchers of alcohol abuse, students of public policy and social work, and practitioners in those fields. Students at all levels also will find this bibliography the best place to begin their research on the subject of black alcohol abuse.-Choice
"Alcoholism and alcohol abuse continue to be recognized as significant and growing problems among the general population, and have begun to be recognized among black Americans. This fine work brings together the burgeoning medical, economic, social, and historical literature on black drinking and alcohol abuse. This work will save hours of sorting through the literature of many disciplines and variety of formats. Selected references from the literature date from the 1940s to the present, and include more research-based studies than descriptive ones. The work is arranged chronologically, with subject and author indexes in the back of the book. Entries include a complete bibliographic citation (author, title, imprint) and a one- to two- paragraph informative abstract. A fine choice for academic and larger public libraries."-ARBA
"Watts and Wright, collaborators on numerous articles on black alcohol abuse, offer an annotated listing of 553 items. Organized by date of publication, the first item listed, on Negro bootleggers in North Carolina, appeared in 1943; the last, on the incidence of alcohol-related cancers among blacks, in 1985. The bulk of the articles (456) appeared after 1975. The compilers intend that the bibliography be used by practitioners and professionals alike. To that end, they append a list of social service and information agencies dealing with substance abuse generally, as well as agencies whose particular concern is black people. This useful feature...is one that other compilers of bibliographies on social issues could well emulate. The compilers might have noted in the index those articles on alcohol abuse by black women and youth. That aside, this up-to-date compilation should find wide use among researchers of alcohol abuse, students of public policy and social work, and practitioners in those fields. Students at all levels also will find this bibliography the best place to begin their research on the subject of black alcohol abuse."-Choice

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