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.


Format Häftad Omfång 352 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag The University of North Carolina Press Utgivningsdatum 2023-12-05 ISBN 9781469675541