Taverns and Drinking in Early America

Informationen zum Autor Sharon V. Salinger is chair of the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon V. Salinger, Sharon V. (256 Admin) Salinger
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2004
• EAN: 9780801878992
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-7899-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Cultural studies: customs and traditions