Friday, January 9, 2004

2:30–4:30 p.m.

Alcohol and Temperance History Group Session 2
Altered States: The Impact of Drugs and Alcohol on Human Consciousness in History

Marriott, Roosevelt Room

Chair: Scott C. Martin, Bowling Green State University
Papers:

Diseased Imaginations: The Invention of Delirium Tremens in American Medical Discourse, 1813–32
Matthew Osborn, University of California at Davis

The Man with the Poker Enters the Room: Mania a Potu and Cultural Transition in Philadelphia, 1828–50
Ric N. Caric, Morehead State University

A Spectrum of Image and Symbols: Drug and Alcohol Induced Intoxication
Patrick McGinty, University of Maryland University College

Alcoholics Anonymous’s “Big Book” as Temperance Literature
Philip McGowan, Goldsmiths’ College, University of London

Comment: Scott C. Martin