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From demon to darling : a legal history of wine in America /
Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day--and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine c. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520943209 0520943201 1283277166 9781283277167 9786613277169 6613277169 |