Distilling the influence of alcohol : aguardiente in Guatemalan history /

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Sugar, coffee, corn, and chocolate have long dominated the study of Central American commerce, and researchers tend to overlook one other equally significant commodity: alcohol. Often illicitly produced and consumed, aguardiente (distilled sugar cane spirits or rum) was central to Guatemalan daily l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carey, David, Jr., 1967-, Taylor, William B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012.
Temas:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Guatemala > History.
Alcoholic beverages > Guatemala > History.
Alcoholism > Guatemala > History.
Consommation d'alcool > Guatemala > Histoire.
Boissons alcoolisées > Guatemala > Histoire.
Alcoolisme > Guatemala > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Social conditions
Guatemala > Social conditions.
Guatemala > History.
Guatemala > Histoire.
Guatemala
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Sugar, coffee, corn, and chocolate have long dominated the study of Central American commerce, and researchers tend to overlook one other equally significant commodity: alcohol. Often illicitly produced and consumed, aguardiente (distilled sugar cane spirits or rum) was central to Guatemalan daily life, though scholars have often neglected its fundamental role in the country's development. Throughout world history, alcohol has helped build family livelihoods, boost local economies, and forge nations. The alcohol economy also helped shape Guatemala's turbulent categories of ethnicity, race, c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813042527
0813042526
9780813043432
0813043433

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