| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 40.3

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Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree: Alcohol and the Sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation. By Izumi Ishii. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xiv + 260 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $45.00, CAN$49.50, £25.00.)

In this social history of Cherokee drinking, Izumi Ishii challenges the besotted Indian stereotype by suggesting that Cherokees imbibed for strategic social, economic, and political purposes. In an introduction, six chronological chapters, and a conclusion, Ishii provides evidence from British, American, and Cherokee government and merchant records; public and private correspondence; newspapers; and the records of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Comparing and contrasting the history of Cherokee alcohol use with the scholarship about present-day Indian drinking, Ishii cautions readers not to jump to catastrophic conclusions without a closer look for examples of cultural persistence as well as change.

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