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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Rorabaugh, W. J. Alcoholic republic, an American tradition. New York : Oxford University Press, 1979 (OCoLC)607854985 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
W J Rorabaugh |
| ISBN: | 0195025849 9780195025842 |
| OCLC Number: | 4638550 |
| Description: | xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | A nation of drunkards -- A good creature -- The spirits of independence -- Whiskey feed -- The anxieties of their condition -- The pursuit of happiness-- Demon rum -- Appendix 1: Estimating consumption of alcohol -- Appendix 2: Cross-national comparisons of consumption -- Appendix 3: Cook books -- Appendix 4: Review of drinking motivation literature -- Appendix 5: Quantitative measurements -- Appendix 6: A recipe. |
| Responsibility: | W. J. Rorabaugh. |
Abstract:
This social history documents the great 'alcoholic binge' that occurred between 1790 and 1840, when Americans drank more alcoholic beverages--nearly a halt pint of hard liquor per man per day--than at any other time in American history. American men were taught to drink as children--even as babies. However, alcohol usages crossed sexual, regional, racial and class lines.
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