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Author:

Gately, Iain, 1965-

Title:

Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

Publisher:

Gotham Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 546 p. : ill. ; 25 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 fée 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:

1592403034 (hbk.)
9781592403035 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2007046210

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

APPC546 -- Wilson Memorial Library (Keota)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)