Drink : a social history of America /

Drink : a social history of America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Barr, Andrew.
Imprint:	New York : Carroll & Graf, 1999.
Description:	xii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- United States -- History. Alcohol Drinking -- history. Alcohol Drinking -- sociology. Alcoholic Beverages -- history. Drinking of alcoholic beverages. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3909784

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ISBN:	0786705590 9780786705597 0786707437 9780786707430
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-450) and index.
Summary:	"Examines not only the social influences that determine what, where, and why we choose to drink but also the social ills that have been attributed to alcohol, from the supposed decline in national values to the dipsomaniacal state of our national health". -- Jacket.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Drink and Drugs
1. The Americanization of European Taste
2. "Stranger, You'll Take Hash"
3. Drink and Sex
4. "No Nation Is Drunken Where Wine Is Cheap"
5. The Failure of Controls
6. "The True Friends of Liberty"
Conclusion: Social Drinking.