Heath, Dwight B.

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HEATH, Dwight B.

HEATH, Dwight B. American, b. 1930. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, History, Sociology. Career: Brown University, Providence, RI, professor of anthropology, 1959-. World Health Organization, consultant in mental health, 1973-. Publications: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth: Mourt's Relation, 1963, 1986; Contemporary Cultures and Societies of Latin America: A Reader in the Social Anthropology of Middle and South America and the Caribbean, (with C.J Erasmus and H.C. Buechler) Land Reform and Social Revolution in Bolivia, 1969; Historical Dictionary of Bolivia, 1972; (with A.M. Cooper) Alcohol Use in World Cultures, 1981; Drinking Occasions, 2000. EDITOR: (with R.N. Adams) 1965, (sole ed.) 1974, 2001; (with M.W. Everett and J.O. Waddell) Cross-Cultural Approaches in the Study of Alcohol, 1976; (with J.O. Waddell and M.D. Topper) Cultural Factors in Alcohol Research and Treatment of Drinking Problems, 1981; International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture, 1995. Articles in journals, chapters in books, and entries in encyclopedias. Address: Dept. of Anthropology, Box 1921, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.