The manuscript has been written and rewritten at five universities on four
continents. The outline was developed at Montana State University. The first draft
was written while on a Fulbright at the University of Bucharest 1994-95. It was
revised the next year in Pakistan, while I was at the University of Agriculture at
Faisalabad. The third draft was edited at the University of New England at
Armidale, New South Wales. The final draft was prepared at the University of New
Mexico, which provided an adjunct professorship and a quiet office. Special thanks
are due to Professor Philip May, director of the Center on Alcoholism, Substance
Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), and to Professor Richard Coughlin, chairman of
the Department of Sociology. Following that, the copy editorial assistance of
Deborah Whitford and Nancy Lucas was superb.

The research was initiated without funding. Fortunately, the U. S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) sporadically supported the research from the mid-1970s
until the late 1980s. The final stage of the project was made possible through a
grant from the Liz Claiborne-Art Ortenberg Foundation. Art Ortenberg and Jim
Murtaugh were incredibly supportive and patient through the final analyses and
manuscript preparation.

Finally, I am grateful for the people I have known in beautiful rural (and
formerly rural) areas scattered throughout the Rockies. My ideas were stimulated
through conversations with friends, colleagues, and fellow residents in northern
New Mexico; Boulder and Lyons, Colorado; and throughout Montana. Sandy and
Adele Pittendrigh, Don McLaughlin, Hugo Tureck and Bob Swinth have been as
supportive as friends can be. Finally, I am grateful to the residents of the Gallatin
Valley and other rural areas where I have conducted research. Without their
cooperation, conversation and coffee, the research could never have been
conducted.

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