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Author Conroy, David W

Title In public houses : drink & the revolution of authority in colonial Massachusetts / David W. Conroy
Published Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser
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
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American Historical Association Herbert Feis Award, 1996
Subject Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century
Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century
HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Manners and customs
Popular culture
Taverns (Inns)
Cafés.
SUBJECT Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081949
Subject Massachusetts
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
ISBN 9781469654560
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