America walks into a bar : a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies, and grog shops /

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When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out a certain a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sismondo, Christine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Bars (Drinking establishments) > United States > History.
Drinking customs > United States > History.
Boissons > Fonctions sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Drinking customs
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1: A pilgrim walks into a bar
  • A dissenter walks into a bar
  • A rebel walks into the back room of a bar
  • A revolutionary walks into a bar
  • A Federalist walks into a bar
  • 2: Keeping tabs
  • The political machine invades a bar
  • The crusader walks into a bar
  • The radicals take over a bar
  • The machine politician gets behind the bar
  • Carry nation wields a hatchet in a bar
  • 3: A woman walks into a speakeasy
  • A French heel is hooked around a bar's brass rail
  • Joe McCarthy storms into a bar
  • Change strolls into the bar.

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