Indians, Alcohol, and the Roads to Taos and Santa Fe

by William E. Unrau and William E Unrau

In the culture of the American West, images abound of Indians drunk on the white man's firewater, a historical stereotype William Unrau has explored in two previous books. His latest study focuses on how federally-developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico facilitated the diffusion of both spirits and habits of over-drinking within Native American cultures.

Unrau investigates how it came about that distilled alcohol, designated illegal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619143
• ISBN13: 9780700619146
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"