Alcohol: A History
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Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious anxiety. In the urban centers of Europe and America, where it was seen...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469617609
ISBN13:9781469617602
Release Date:October 2014
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"
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