Distilling the Influence of Alcohol : Aguardiente in Guatemalan History /

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Sugar, coffee, corn, and chocolate have long dominated the study of Central American commerce, and researchers tend to overlook one other equally significant commodity: alcohol. Often illicitly produced and consumed, aguardiente (distilled sugar cane spirits or rum) was central to Guatemalan daily l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Taylor, William B., Carey, David, Jr., 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Alcoholism.
Alcoholic beverages.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Alcoolisme > Guatemala > Histoire.
Boissons alcoolisees > Guatemala > Histoire.
Consommation d'alcool > Guatemala > Histoire.
Alcoholism > Guatemala > History.
Alcoholic beverages > Guatemala > History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Guatemala > History.
Guatemala.
Guatemala > Histoire.
Guatemala > History.
Guatemala > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Sugar, coffee, corn, and chocolate have long dominated the study of Central American commerce, and researchers tend to overlook one other equally significant commodity: alcohol. Often illicitly produced and consumed, aguardiente (distilled sugar cane spirits or rum) was central to Guatemalan daily life, though scholars have often neglected its fundamental role in the country's development. Throughout world history, alcohol has helped build family livelihoods, boost local economies, and forge nations. The alcohol economy also helped shape Guatemala's turbulent categories of ethnicity, race, c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (220 pages).
ISBN:9780813042527

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