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Moonshine : a cultural history of America's infamous liquor /

"Nothing but clear, 100-proof American history. Hooch. White lightning. White whiskey. Mountain dew. Moonshine goes by many names. So what is it, really? Technically speaking, "moonshine" refers to untaxed liquor made in an unlicensed still. In the United States, it's typically c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joyce, Jaime, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE: Banginâ€? in the Woods
  • 1 “The Pernicious Practice of Distillingâ€? in Early America
  • 2 Whiskey Rebels, “Watermelon Armies, â€? and President Washington
  • 3 War on Whiskey: Taxing Liquor and Defying the Law in the 1800s
  • 4 Prohibitionâ€?s Rise and Fall, and What Happened in Between
  • 5 Moonshine on Trial
  • 6 “Death Defying Ding-Dong Daddies from the Realm of Speedâ€?: Moonshine and the Birth of NASCAR
  • 7 “Popskull Crackdownâ€?
  • 8 Moonshine Renaissance
  • 9 Making Mountain Dew
  • 10 Moonshine in Pop Culture
  • EPILOGUE: Moonshiners ReunionNOTES & SOURCES
  • PHOTO & MUSIC CREDITS
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • I
  • H
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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