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Rorabaugh, W.J.

 
9780195029901: The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195029909 ISBN 13 : 9780195029901
Editeur : Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1981

Synopsis

Between 1790 and 1840, Americans drank more alcoholic beverages per capita―gallons and gallons per person per year―than at any other time in our history. Here is a delightful history of America's first fifty intemperate years.

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Revue de presse

Rorabaugh has written a well thought out and intriguing social history of America's great alcoholic binge that occurred between 1790 and 1830, what he terms 'a key formative period' in our history....A pioneering work that illuminates a part of our heritage that can no longer be neglected in future studies of America's social fabric. (Journal of Psychohistory)

A bold and frequently illuminating attempt to investigate the relationship of a single social custom to the central features of our historical experience....A book which always asks interesting questions and provides many provocative answers. (Reviews in American History)

Great! The dual emphasis on common lifestyles and on reform, on qualitative and quantitative methods make it ideal for undergraduates. (Dan Woods, Ferrum College)

Great! The dual emphasis on common lifestyles and on reform, on qualitative and quantitative methods make it ideal for undergrads. (Dan Woods, Ferrum College)

This accessible monograph is grounded in a useful combination of social psychology and social history, providing undergraduates with an excellent example of how to use theory and evidence to elucidate an important and much-neglected episode in American history. (Simon Cordery, Monmouth College)

Biographie de l'auteur

W.J. Rorabaugh is at University of Washington.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Date d'édition
1981
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195029909
ISBN 13 
9780195029901
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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