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Alcohol : a history /

"Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drink...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Roderick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Alcohol in Ancient Worlds
  • 2. Greece and Rome
  • 3. Religion and Alcohol
  • 4. The Middle Ages, 1000-1500
  • 5. Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700
  • 6. Distilled Spirits, 1500-1750
  • 7. European Alcohol in Contact, 1500-1700
  • 8. Europe and America, 1700-1800
  • 9. Alcohol and the City, 1800-1900
  • 10. The Enemies of Alcohol, 1830-1914
  • 11. Alcohol and Native Peoples, 1800-1930
  • 12. The First World War, 1914-1920
  • 13. Prohibitions, 1910-1935
  • 14. After Prohibitions, 1930-1945
  • 15. Alcohol in the Modern World
  • Conclusion.