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1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser |
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser
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Contents |
The Puritan assault on drink and taverns -- Laws versus popular culture -- Liquor licenses and poor relief -- The politics of taverns in Provincial Boston -- The politics of taverns in the countryside -- The public order of Revolution -- Epilogue: After the Revolution -- Appendix: Licenseholders, 1735-1776 |
Summary |
Through an innovative examination of inventories, licensing records, petitions, newspapers, sermons, and diaries, Conroy explores the development of tavern culture over time. As provincial society became more complex in the eighteenth century, so, too, did tavern life. In Boston different types of public houses emerged as society became more stratified, and in country towns taverns multiplied as population dispersed. Specifically, Conroy illuminates the role played by public houses as a forum for the development of a vocal republican citizenry in conflict with royal rule. In doing so, he also highlights the connections between the vibrant oral culture of taverns and the expanding print culture of newspapers and political pamphlets in the eighteenth century |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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American Historical Association Herbert Feis Award, 1996 |
Subject |
Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
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Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
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Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
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Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
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Bars (Drinking establishments)
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Manners and customs
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Popular culture
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Taverns (Inns)
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Cafés.
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Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081949
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Massachusetts
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Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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Author |
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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ISBN |
9781469654560 |
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1469654563 |
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