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Drink : a cultural history of alcohol  Cover Image Book Book

Drink : a cultural history of alcohol / Iain Gately.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781592403035 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 546p. ; ill. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Gotham, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The grain and the grape -- Bacchanal -- In vino veritas -- Wine, blood, salvation -- Barbarians -- Islam -- Brews for breakfast -- A new world of drinking -- Watkin's ale -- Pilgrims -- Restoration -- Rum -- Gin fever -- Progress -- Revolution -- Warra warra -- Whiskey with an e -- Romantic drinking -- Apostles of cold water -- West -- The king of San Francisco -- Good taste -- Emancipation -- Imperial preference -- La fee verte -- Hatchetation -- In the chalk trenches of champagne -- Amphibians -- Lost -- Crime and punishment -- The bottle -- Reconstruction -- Flashbacks -- Westernization -- Messages -- Singletons, wine lakes, and the Moscow express -- Fiat lux.
Subject: Brewing > History.
Alcoholic beverages > History.
Alcoholic beverages > Social aspects.
Drinking customs.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Social aspects.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 641.21 GATELY 2008 (Text) 0001001408556 Nonfiction Available -


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