Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of American Beverages

by Andrew F. Smith

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231151160
• ISBN13: 9780231151160
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher