Taverns and Drinking in Early America

Salinger, Sharon V.

ISBN 10: 0801878993 / ISBN 13: 9780801878992

Edité par Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

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Synopsis :

Sharon V. Salinger's Taverns and Drinking in Early America supplies the first study of public houses and drinking throughout the mainland British colonies. At a time when drinking water supposedly endangered one's health, colonists of every rank, age, race, and gender drank often and in quantity, and so taverns became arenas for political debate, business transactions, and small-town gossip sessions. Salinger explores the similarities and differences in the roles of drinking and tavern sociability in small towns, cities, and the countryside; in Anglican, Quaker, and Puritan communities; and in four geographic regions. Challenging the prevailing view that taverns tended to break down class and gender differences, Salinger persuasively argues they did not signal social change so much as buttress custom and encourage exclusion.

À propos de l'auteur: Sharon V. Salinger is chair of the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Taverns and Drinking in Early America
Éditeur : Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : good