The prohibition hangover [[electronic resource] ] : alcohol in America from demon rum to cult cabernet / / Garrett Peck
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Peck Garrett
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| Titolo: |
The prohibition hangover [[electronic resource] ] : alcohol in America from demon rum to cult cabernet / / Garrett Peck
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| Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 394.1/30973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Prohibition - United States |
| Drinking of alcoholic beverages - United States - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The noble experiment -- So what are we drinking? -- Whiskey and rye -- Ninety-nine bottles of beer -- The golden age of wine -- The Supreme Court decides -- Alcohol and your health -- What would Jesus drink? -- Beating the temperance drum -- Not until you're twenty-one. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Society is constantly evolving, and so are our drinking habits. The Prohibition Hangover examines the modern American temperament toward drink amid the 189-billion- dollar-a-year industry that defines itself by the production, distribution, marketing, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. Based on primary research, including hundreds of interviews with those on all sidesùclergy, bar and restaurant owners, public health advocates, citizen crusaders, industry representatives, and moreùas well as secondary sources, Garrett Peck provides a panoramic assessment of alcohol in |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The prohibition hangover |
| ISBN: | 1-280-49231-7 |
| 9786613587541 | |
| 0-8135-4849-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822961803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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