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Spirits Of America

A Social History Of Alcohol

Szerző: Eric Burns

Nyelv:

Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Temple University Press,U.S.

Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten alacsony példányszámban

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'Thousands of years ago, before Christ or Buddha or Muhammad...before the Roman Empire rose or the C...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Eric Burns

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2003

oldal

376

EAN

9781592132140

Enbook ID

05087200

Kiadó

Temple University Press,U.S.

Súly

644

Méretek

152 x 229 x 28

Teljes leírás

'Thousands of years ago, before Christ or Buddha or Muhammad...before the Roman Empire rose or the Colossus of Rhodes fell', Eric Burns writes, 'people in Asia Minor were drinking beer'. So begins an account as entertaining as it is extensive, of alcohol's journey through world and, more important, American history. In "The Spirits of America", Burns relates that drinking was 'the first national pastime', and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. He details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again, how it was thought of as both scourge and medicine. He tells us how 'the great American thirst' developed over the centuries, and how reform movements and laws (some of which, Burns says, were 'comic masterpieces of the legislator's art') sprang up to combat it. Burns brings back to life such vivid characters as Carrie Nation and other crusaders against drink.He informs us that, in the final analysis, Prohibition, the culmination of the reformers' quest, had as much to do with politics and economics and geography as it did with spirituous beverage. Filled with the famous, the infamous, and the undeservedly anonymous, "The Spirits of America" is a masterpiece of the historian's art. It will stand as a classic chronicle witty, perceptive, and comprehensive of how this country was created by and continues to be shaped by its everchanging relationship to the cocktail shaker and the keg. Author note: Eric Burns is the host of "Fox News Watch" on the Fox News Channel. He was named by the Washington Journalism Review as one of the best writers in the history of broadcast journalism. His other books include "Broadcast Blues" and "The Joy of Books".