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By Sarah W. Tracy. 357 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. $48. ISBN 0-8018-8119-6.

Is alcohol dependence, as alcoholism has come to be known, one disease? Is it many? Is it a disease at all, or just a moral failing? For how much of their behavior should alcoholics be held accountable? What is the best treatment, and who should be responsible for it?

The urgency of these questions is not diminished by their longevity, which the reader of this book will discover has encompassed a rollicking two centuries. Sarah Tracy, a historian of medicine, has written an engaging and readable but scholarly examination of the many forces in the United States that have shaped . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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