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Author:

Gately, Iain, 1965-

Title:

Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

Publisher:

Gotham Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009,c2008

Description:

x, 546 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Brewing--History.
Alcoholic beverages--History.
Alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.
Drinking customs.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-527) and index.

Contents:

The grain and the grape -- Bacchanal -- In vino veritas -- Wine, blood, salvation -- Barbarians -- Islam -- Brews for breakfast -- A new world of drinking -- Watkin's ale -- Pilgrims -- Restoration -- Rum -- Gin fever -- Progress -- Revolution -- Warra warra -- Whiskey with an e -- Romantic drinking -- Apostles of cold water -- West -- The king of San Francisco -- Good taste -- Emancipation -- Imperial preference -- La f�ee verte -- Hatchetation -- In the chalk trenches of champagne -- Amphibians -- Lost -- Crime and punishment -- The bottle -- Reconstruction -- Flashbacks -- Westernization -- Messages -- Singletons, wine lakes, and the Moscow express -- Fiat lux.

ISBN:

1592404642 (pbk.)
9781592404643 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)384893192

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)