Taverns and drinking in early America

Taverns and drinking in early America / Sharon V. Salinger.

Author/creator	Salinger, Sharon V. (Sharon Vineberg)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	xi, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	Taverns (Inns)--United States --History --17th century. Taverns (Inns)--United States --History --18th century. Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects --United States --History --17th century. Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Social aspects --United States --History --18th century. Social classes--United States --History --17th century. Social classes--United States --History --18th century. United States--Social life and customs --To 1775. United States--Social conditions --To 1865.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Dutch and English Origins: For the "receiving and refreshment of travaillers and strangers" 8 Inside the Tavern: "Knots of Men Rightly Sorted" 48 Preventing Drunkenness and Keeping Good Order in the Seventeenth Century: "A Herd of Planters on the ground / O'er-whelmed with Punch, dead drunk we found" 83 Eighteenth-Century Legislation and Prosecution: "Lest a Flood of Rum do Overwhelm all good Order among us" 121 Like Licensing Criteria and Law in the Eighteenth Century:"Sobriety, honesty and discretion in themasters of such houses" 151 Too Many Taverns?: "Little better than Nurseries of Vice and Debauchery" 182 The Tavern Degenerate: "Rendezvous of the very Dreggs of the People" 210.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2001002796
ISBN	0801868785 (hc : alk. paper)

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