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'Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.--from a drinking song by Benjamin FranklinThere were, Peter Thompson notes, some one hundred and fifty synonyms for inebriation in common use in colonial Philadelphia and, on the eve of the Revolution, just...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Peter, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
1600-1799
Taverns (Inns) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Political culture > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Auberges > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Political culture.
Taverns (Inns)
Cafés.
Openbaar leven.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social life and customs.
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Aspect social.
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Ilustrations; Introduction; 1. For Strangers and Workmen: The Origins and Development of Philadelphia's Tavern Trade; 2. Contrived for Entertainment: Running a Tavern in Colonial Philadelphia; 3.Company Divided into Committees: Taverngoing in Colonial Philadelphia; 4. Of Great Presumption: Public Houses, Public Culture, and the Political Life of Colonial Philadelphia; 5. Councils of State: Philadelphia's Taverns and the American Revolution; Epilogue: All the Apparatus of Eastern Fable
  • List of Abbreviations; Notes.
  • Selected BibliographyAcknowledgments; Index of Tavernkeepers, Petitioners for Tavern Licenses, and Public Houses; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.

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