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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Pinney is Professor of English! Emeritus! at Pomona College. He is the author of A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition (California! 1989) and has published scholarly work on George Eliot! Lord Macaulay! and Rudyard Kipling. Klappentext "Pinney covers new ground and new research! and treats the entire period in a new way. [ History of Wine in America ] will be welcomed by scholars and by wine enthusiasts."-Dr. James Lapsley! University of California! Davis "A worthy successor to Pinney's landmark History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition ! and like that volume evidencing a wealth of knowledge! presented with grace and style. In addition to telling fascinating stories! both of these books are invaluable references. Anyone interested in the history of American wine should read them."-Paul Lukacs! author of American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine "I am confident the term definitive will apply to this work for innumerable vintages to come. Wine lovers from New England to California now have one place to turn for the history of their favorite beverage! wherever in America its grapes are grown."-Charles L. Sullivan! author of A Companion to California Wine and Zinfandel "An essential reference book for anyone wishing to sound authoritative at the dinner table."-Bruce Cass! editor of The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America Zusammenfassung An account of winemaking in the United States, first as it was carried out under Prohibition, and then as it developed and spread to all fifty states after the repeal of Prohibition. This book describes how Prohibition devastated the wine industry, the conditions of renewal after Repeal, and the various New Deal measures that affected wine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Forms of Life in a Dry World 2. The Rules Change 3. The Dismal '30s 4. Making and Selling Wine in the '30s 5. Countercurrents 6. Wine in the War Years 7. Postwar 8. Back East 9. Changing Weather 10. The Big Change: California 11. A New Dawn (I): The Northern and Central States 12. A New Dawn (II): The South 13. The West without California 14. California to the Present Day Notes Sources and Works Cited Index ...
