books.google.ca - The first authoritative guide to how the world drinks, this reference details alcohol use in different countries and cultures. Variation is striking, with alcohol sometimes a food, a sacrament, a symbol, a tool, a tranquilizer, a medicine, a love potion, or an object of scorn—often with very different...http://books.google.ca/books/about/International_handbook_on_alcohol_and_cu.html?id=k9lWztgWymgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareInternational handbook on alcohol and culture