An edition of Drink (1995)

Drink

A Social History of America

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An edition of Drink (1995)

Drink

A Social History of America

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"In this shrewd cultural history of drink in America, Andrew Barr considers the significance of alcohol, historically and socially, symbolic and real, in the evolution of a nation born of a rebel spirit and intoxicated by liberty - and sometimes by rum or raw whiskey, which the colonists preferred to their royally taxed British tea.

While Americans have both asserted and celebrated their freedoms with alcohol they have also, in Barr's perceptive historical view, put it to more insidious use; in suppressing native American populations in the country's expansion west, for instance, or in controlling acculturation of immigrants.".

"Blending his candidly opinionated take on history with a lively bit of cultural anthropology, Barr examines not only the social influences that determine what, where, and why we choose to drink but also the social ills that have been attributed to alcohol, from the supposed decline in national values to the dipsomaniacal state of our national health.

Barr argues, however, that the scapegoating of alcohol by moral alarmists, the medical establishment, and platform politicians has more often produced dubious cures and moral hypocrisy than it has accomplished social good."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Carroll & Graf Pub
Language
English
Pages
466

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Drink: A Social History of America
April 2003, Diane Pub Co
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Drink: A Social History of America
April 2000, Carroll & Graf Publishers
Paperback in English
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Drink: A Social History of America
March 1999, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Drink: a social history of America
1999, Carroll & Graf
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Drink
1995, Bantam Press
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Hardcover
Number of pages
466
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

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OL8140876M
ISBN 10
0786705590
ISBN 13
9780786705597
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86958
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1217341

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