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Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages
Andrew F Smith
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Description for Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574. Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. 336 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight: 574.
A companion to Andrew F. Smith's critically acclaimed and popular Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, this volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America's diverse and complex beverage scene. Smith revisits the country's major historical moments-colonization, the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the temperance movement, Prohibition, and its repeal-and he tracks the growth of the American beverage industry throughout the world. The result is an intoxicating encounter with an often overlooked aspect of American culture and global influence. Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of ... Read more
A companion to Andrew F. Smith's critically acclaimed and popular Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, this volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America's diverse and complex beverage scene. Smith revisits the country's major historical moments-colonization, the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the temperance movement, Prohibition, and its repeal-and he tracks the growth of the American beverage industry throughout the world. The result is an intoxicating encounter with an often overlooked aspect of American culture and global influence. Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231151160
SKU
V9780231151160
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About Andrew F Smith
Andrew F. Smith teaches food history at the New School in New York. He is the author or editor of twenty-six books, including Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine. He has a website, www.andrewfsmith.com.
Reviews for Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages
Full of rewarding details, each chapter of Drinking History tells a concise, compelling tale likely to inspire further, more expansive investigations.
Evan Rail Times Literary Supplement This acts as a companion title to the author's Eating History title that was equally well-researched and well-written and well worth a read in its own right. Yum.fi Highly recommended Choice Engaging... Perfect ... Read more
Evan Rail Times Literary Supplement This acts as a companion title to the author's Eating History title that was equally well-researched and well-written and well worth a read in its own right. Yum.fi Highly recommended Choice Engaging... Perfect ... Read more