David Labaree
@dlabaree.bsky.social
Emeritus Stanford professor. History & sociology of US education. Last books Ironies of Schooling and Being a Scholar. Love good writing. Blog at http://davidlabaree.com.
David F. Labaree is a historian of education and Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University.
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Edward Slingerland on How Drinking Is Essential to Civilization
This post is a reflection on Edward Slingerland's new book Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization. John Tierney wrote a lovely review of the book in City Journal, which I'm reproducing below. Here's a link to the original. After the review, I provide some of my favorite passages from the book. Here's my favorite paragraph from the book:
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Edward Slingerland on How Drinking Is Essential to Civilization
This post is a reflection on Edward Slingerland's new book Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization…...
https://davidlabaree.com/2026/09/21/edward-slingerland-on-how-drinking-is-essential-to-civilization-2/
This post is a reflection on Edward Slingerland's new book Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization…...
https://davidlabaree.com/2026/09/21/edward-slingerland-on-how-drinking-is-essential-to-civilization-2/