- Alcohol Use in the Pacific Islands
- Europeans introduced fermentation and distillation to Pacific islands, from roots to oranges to coconuts.
- Forms and Pathology of Drinking in Three Polynesian Societies
- Edwin M. Lemert writes that the use of kava provided a pattern for alcohol consumption throughout Polynesia. As in other societies, it tended to be limited to use by men.
- Holy and Unholy Spirits: The Effects of Missionization on Alcohol Use in Eastern Micronesia
- Mac Marshall and Leslie B. Marshall note the interplay between alcohol use and traditional kava use on the arrival of European missionaries.
- Sardines and Other Fried Fish: The Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages on a Micronesian Island
- James D. Nason writes about consumption in Micronesia and covers some of the terminology around alcohol and its use.
