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The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition

by William J. Rorabaugh · 1979

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This social history documents the great 'alcoholic binge' that occurred between 1790 and 1840, when Americans drank more alcoholic beverages—nearly a halt pint of hard liquor per man per day—than at any other time in American history. American men were taught to drink as children—even as babies. However, alcohol usages crossed sexual, regional, racial and class lines.

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medium · 320 pages

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