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America walks into a bar : a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies, and grog shops
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America walks into a bar : a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies, and grog shops

著者: Christine Sismondo
出版商: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
版本/格式:   图书 : 英语查看所有的版本和格式
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"Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from old England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued 'a good Beere.'... She carries the story through the twentieth century and beyond, from struggles over licensing and Sunday liquor sales, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the temperance movement, from  再读一些...
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所有的著者/提供者: Christine Sismondo
ISBN: 9780199734955 : 019973495X
OCLC号码: 670211372
描述: xv, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
内容: A pilgrim walks into a bar --
A dissenter walks into a bar --
A rebel walks into the back room of a bar --
A revolutionary walks into a bar --
A Federalist walks into a bar --
Keeping tabs --
The political machine invades a bar --
The crusader walks into a bar --
The radicals take over a bar --
The machine politician gets behind the bar --
Carry Nation wields a hatchet in a bar --
A woman walks into a speakeasy --
A French heel is hooked around a bar's brass rail --
Joe McCarthy storms into a bar --
Change strolls into the bar.
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In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to  再读一些...

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"A robust homage to the history and proliferation of bars and their vast and often overlooked cultural significance." --Kirkus Reviews


"Displays both detailed research and wit..." --David Wondrich, The Wall Street Journal


"Many of the author's anecdotes offer interesting glimpses into the history of the Americas and the important role drinking establishments have played in the development of our society." --Wine Enthusiast


" A wide-ranging, often hilarious, always sharp and thoughtful look at the way our nation's drinking establishments have shaped and reflected our history."
--Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe


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