LEADER 04217nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910827711003321 005 20240418021708.0 010 $a1-283-21220-X 010 $a9786613212207 010 $a0-8122-0428-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204285 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050874 035 $a(EBL)3441473 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544801 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11333674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544801 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553567 035 $a(PQKB)10681779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441473 035 $a(OCoLC)607116267 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3116 035 $a(DE-B1597)449269 035 $a(OCoLC)979592100 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204285 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441473 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491930 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321220 035 $a(OCoLC)929156377 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050874 100 $a19980601d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRum punch & revolution$b[electronic resource] $etaverngoing & public life in eighteenth-century Philadelphia /$fPeter Thompson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aEarly American studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8122-1664-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-256) and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. "For Strangers and Workmen" -- $t2 "Contrived for Entertainment" -- $t3 "Company Divided into Committees". -- $t4. "OfGreat Presumption" -- $t5 "Counci1s afState" -- $tEpilogue -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex -- $tGeneral Index 330 $a'Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.?from a drinking song by Benjamin FranklinThere were, Peter Thompson notes, some one hundred and fifty synonyms for inebriation in common use in colonial Philadelphia and, on the eve of the Revolution, just as many licensed drinking establishments. Clearly, eighteenth-century Philadelphians were drawn to the tavern. In addition to the obvious lure of the liquor, taverns offered overnight accommodations, meals, and stabling for visitors. They also served as places to gossip, gamble, find work, make trades, and gather news.In Rum Punch and Revolution, Thompson shows how the public houses provided a setting in which Philadelphians from all walks of life revealed their characters and ideas as nowhere else. He takes the reader into the cramped confines of the colonial bar room, describing the friendships, misunderstandings and conflicts which were generated among the city's drinkers and investigates the profitability of running a tavern in a city which, until independence, set maximum prices on the cost of drinks and services in its public houses.Taverngoing, Thompson writes, fostered a sense of citizenship that influenced political debate in colonial Philadelphia and became an issue in the city's revolution. Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation. 410 0$aEarly American studies. 606 $aTaverns (Inns)$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xSocial aspects 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aTaverns (Inns)$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a974.8/1102 700 $aThompson$b Peter$f1960-$01633274 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827711003321 996 $aRum punch & revolution$93972928 997 $aUNINA