Adam -- There a good old review paper by Salme Ahlstrom on European drinking cultures, in Jack Waddell and Dwight Heath, eds., Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Study of Alcohol. The Hague, Netherland: Mouton, 1975. Other relevant articles: C. Hupkens, R. Knibbe and M. Drop, Alcohol consumption in the European community: uniformity and diversity in drinking patterns, Addiction 88:1391-1404, 1993. Eva Pyorala, Drinking, drunkenness, and alcoholic beverages in Spain and Finland: a study of vocabulary among young adults, Food and Foodways 6:43-56, 1994. Kari Poikolainen, Alcohol Poisoning Mortality in Four Nordic Countries, Helsinki: Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, vol. 28, 1977. A-M. Harkin, P. Anderson and J. Lehto, Alcohol in Europe: A Health perspective, Copenhagen: WHO-European office, 1995. You might take a look at the material on variation in binge drinking etc. between U.S. regions in Don Cahalan and Robin Room, Problem Drinking among American Men, New Brunswick: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1974. >>> Adam Loewy <[log in to unmask]> 03/24/98 05:28pm >>> Hi: I am a Junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison writing an Honors paper on a cross-cultural comparison of binge drinking between European and American cultures. Could you please recommend some sources that would: 1.) Give me info on binge drinking in European 2.) Analyze cross-cultural drinking patterns/mores 3.) Detail European social mores concerning alcohol Thanks for your time! Adam Loewy University of Wisconsin-Madison [log in to unmask]