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01810cam a2200313Ia 4500 001 B1BE89642B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 005 200904162346.0 008 050721s2005 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781560256519 020 $a 1560256516 035 $a (OCoLC)61117854 040 $a BKL $c BKL $d SILO $d BAKER $d OCLCQ $d WIH $d JID $d SILO 050 4 $a TP607.R9 $b W55 2005 100 1 $a Williams, Ian, $d 1949- 245 1 $a Rum : $b a social and sociable history of the real spirit of 1776 / $c Ian Williams. 260 $a New York : $b Nation Books, $c c2005 300 $a xvii, 340 p. : $b ill. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index. 505 0 $a What is it, where is it? -- Sugar: the seed of rum -- The Caribbean connection: preparing the ground -- Barbados, the birthplace of rum -- Early settlers -- Thirsty saints -- The spirit of celebration -- The fishy side of rum -- The great spirit's appointed means -- The Caribbean, rum, and imperial liquidity -- Blame the French -- No taxation! -- Seven years that changed the world -- After the war was over -- Fast run to revolution: the spirit of 1776 -- Rum and the doctors -- High spirits -- Rum, buggery, and the lash: the navy and rum -- Rum around the world -- Voodoo spirit: Haiti -- Cuba Libre! -- Prohibition and the end of the heroic age of rum? 650 0 $a Rum $x History. 650 0 $a Rum industry $z North America $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Rum $z North America $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic aspects. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Economic aspects. 939 $a 5497215 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171107020547.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B1BE89642B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JID 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search