The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet

by Garrett Peck

Book Overview

Spirits are all the rage today. Two-thirds of Americans drink, whether they enjoy higher priced call brands or more moderately priced favorites. From fine dining and piano bars to baseball games and backyard barbeques, drinks are part of every social occasion.

In The Prohibition Hangover, Garrett Peck explores the often-contradictory social history of alcohol in America, from the end of Prohibition in 1933 to the twenty-first century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813545927
• ISBN13: 9780813545929
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"