Drinking in America: A History

by Mark Edward Lender

Book Overview

Newly revised and updated, this engaging narrative chronicles America's delight in drink and its simultaneous fight against it for the past 350 years. From Plymouth Rock, 1621, to New York City, 1987, Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin guide readers through the history of drinks and drinkers in America, including how popular reactions to this ubiquitous habit have mirror and helped shape national response to a number of moral and social issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 002918570X
• ISBN13: 9780029185704
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"