125th Annual Meeting (January 6-9, 2011): Alcohol among Soldiers, Seamen, and Whalers in the Nineteenth Century United States

Alcohol among Soldiers, Seamen, and Whalers in the Nineteenth Century United States

Alcohol and Drugs History Society 1

Friday, January 7, 2011: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM

Gloucester Room (The Westin Copley Place)

Chair:

Willaim J. Rorabaugh Jr., University of Washington, Seattle

Papers:

"What Shall We Do with the Drunken Whaler?" Alcohol, Temperance, Lyrics, and the Performance of Whalemen's Masculinity
Stephen N. Sanfilippo, Stony Brook University

"The Little Spark of Manhood I Have Left": Petitions and the "Aged, Decrepit, and Worn-out Seamen" of Sailors Snug Harbor
Thomas Balcerski, Cornell University

Temperance, Drunkeness, and Masculinity among Civil War Soldiers
Scott C. Martin, Bowling Green State University

Comment:

Elaine Frantz Parsons, Duquesne University

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