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Mendelson Richard <1953-> |
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From demon to darling [[electronic resource] ] : a legal history of wine in America / / Richard Mendelson ; foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27716-6 |
9786613277169 |
0-520-94320-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Wine and wine making - Law and legislation - United States - History |
Law - United States - History |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Wine Is Life: A Foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE -- Introduction -- 1. Temperance -- 2. National Prohibition -- 3. Solving Problems Past -- 4. Transforming Wine in American Culture -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day-and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine culture. He explains how current laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. As he explores these and other legal and policy issues, Mendelson lucidly highlights the concerns that have made wine alternatively the demon or the darling of American society-and at the same time illuminates the ways in which lives and |
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