Bibliograph

Drinking in America, our secret history, Susan Cheever

Type

Label

Drinking in America, our secret history, Susan Cheever

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-244) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drinking in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907096682

Responsibility statement

Susan Cheever

Sub title

our secret history

Summary

Presents an exploration of the history of drinking in the United States, discussing how alcohol has shaped American history and character from the seventeenth century to the present

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The Mayflower: a good creature of God -- The American revolution, the taverns of the new world -- Paul Revere: "The British are coming!" -- Alexander Hamilton and the whiskey rebellion, John and Abigail Adams's sons and grandsons -- Johnny Appleseed, the American Dionysus -- The Civil War -- The great American west -- The end of the nineteenth century and the new temperance crusaders -- Prohibition -- The writer's vice -- Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War -- A few seconds -- President Richard Nixon 1968-1973: "our drunken friend" -- Recovery -- Conclusion

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