Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States

Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States Argues that entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men integrated many village and town taverns into the US’s rapidly developing transportation network and used tavern spaces and networks to raise capital, promote business, practice genteel sociability, and rally support for favoured causes - often while drinking the staggering amounts of alcohol. Autor: Kirsten E. Wood Wydawnictwo: The University of North Carolina Press Rok wydania: 2023 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 352 Wymiary: 23.5 x 15.5 cm Ilustracje: 14 halftones, 3 tables Język: angielski ISBN: 9781469675534