America Walks into a Bar - A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops

Informationen zum Autor Christine Sismondo is a writer and lecturer in Humanities at York University in Toronto. She has written numerous articles about film, literature, drinking, and vice, as well as the book Mondo Cocktail, a narrative history of cocktails. Klappentext In this book, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, carrying the story through the twentieth century and beyond, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the temperance movement, from attempts to ban "treating" to Prohibition and repeal. Zusammenfassung In this book, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, carrying the story through the twentieth century and beyond, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the temperance movement, from attempts to ban "treating" to Prohibition and repeal. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: A Tale of Two Bars CHAPTER ONE: A Puritan Walks into a Bar (1600-1700) CHAPTER TWO: A Lawyer Walks into a Bar (1700-1750) CHAPTER THREE: A Revolutionary Walks into a Bar (1750-1776) CHAPTER FOUR: A Taxman Walks into a Bar (1777-1830) CHAPTER FIVE: An Irishman Walks into a Bar (1830-1900) CHAPTER SIX: An Industrialist Walks into a Bar (1900-1920) CHAPTER SEVEN: A Flapper Walks into a Speakeasy (1920-1933) CHAPTER EIGHT: America Walks into a Bar (1934-1950) CHAPTER NINE: A Cop Walks into a Bar (1949-1970) Post-Script: A Mother and Her Baby Walk into a Bar

Product details

• Authors: Christine Sismondo, Sismondo Christine
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780199324484
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932448-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / General, Food and drink: alcoholic beverages, Alcoholic beverages, Cookery / food and drink / food writing