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1.

Brewed in America; A History of Beer and Ale in the United States » Read Now
by Stanley Baron. 424 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Altering American Consciousness: The History of Alcohol and Drug Use in the United States, 1800-2000 » Read Now
by Caroline Jean Acker, Sarah W. Tracy. 414 pgs.

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Explores the changing perception and use of drugs in American Culture Virtually every American alive has at some point consumed at least one, and very likely more, consciousness altering drug. Even those who actively eschew alcohol, tobacco, and coffee cannot easily avoid the full range of...
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Explores the changing perception and use of drugs in American Culture Virtually every American alive has at some point consumed at least one, and very likely more, consciousness altering drug. Even those who actively eschew alcohol, tobacco, and coffee cannot easily avoid the full range of psychoactive substances pervading the culture. With many children now taking Ritalin for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, professional athletes relying on androstenidione to bulk up, and the chronically depressed resorting to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac, the early twenty-first century appears no less rife with drugs than previous periods. Yet, if the use of drugs is a constant in American history, the way they have been perceived has varied extensively. Just as the corrupting cigarettes of the early twentieth century ("coffin nails" to contemporaries) became the glamorous accessory of Hollywood stars and American GIs in the 1940s, only to fall into public disfavor later as anunhealthy and irresponsible habit, the social significance of every drug changes over time. The essays in this volume explore these changes, showing how the identity of any psychoactive substance--from alcohol and nicotine to cocaine and heroin--owes as much to its users, their patterns of use, and the cultural context in which the drug is taken, as it owes to the drug's documented physiological effects. Rather than seeing licit drugs and illicit drugs, recreational drugs and medicinal drugs, "hard" drugs and "soft" drugs as mutually exclusive categories, the book challenges readers to consider the ways in which drugs have shifted historically from one category to another. In addition to theeditors, contributors include Jim Baumohl, Allan M. Brandt, Katherine Chavigny, Timothy Hickman, Peter Mancall, Michelle McClellan, Steven J. Novak, Ron Roizen, Lori Rotskoff, Susan L. Speaker, Nicholas Weiss, and William White
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The Dynamics of the International Brewing Industry since 1800 » Read Now
by T. R. Gourvish, R. G. Wilson. 294 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

This ground-breaking book is the first to examine the brewing industry from the perspectives of economic and business history. It combines chapters on the major European nations with chapters on the US and Australia.
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The Pabst Brewing Company: The History of an American Business » Read Now
by Thomas C. Cochran. 455 pgs.

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...as old as recorded history, going back at least...standard a commodity of Western civilization...English practices, the alcoholic content of such...Thomann, Documentary...
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The History of the Distillers Company, 1877-1939: Diversification and Growth in Whisky and Chemicals » Read Now
by Ronald Weir. 417 pgs.

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The Distillers Company (DCL) existed from 1877 until 1986 when it was acquired by Guinness. This book covers DCL's history from its founding as the merger of six firms to its position as one of Britain's largest manufacturing companies with diversified interests around the world. It is an...
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The Distillers Company (DCL) existed from 1877 until 1986 when it was acquired by Guinness. This book covers DCL's history from its founding as the merger of six firms to its position as one of Britain's largest manufacturing companies with diversified interests around the world. It is an extraordinary story of growth, acquisition, and diversification. By the 1920s DCL dominated the whisky industry in Scotland eventually acquiring the then big three blending firms - James Buchanan, John Dewar, and John Walker. With unfettered access to company records Dr Weir has been able to piece together the story of the company that was once described as concealing its activities behind a `tartan curtain'. He traces the role of key individuals like William ross; its lobbying and campaigning activities against drink controls; its international marketing in North America, where its partners included Joseph Kennedy; and its later diversification into industrial alcohol, fuel alcohol, and chemicals to meet the demands of the growing science-based industries. This book is the first full-length study of DCL based on the company's own archives and will appeal to a wide range of readers - those interested in the history of whisky and the Scottish distilleries; economic and business historians concerned with the growth of major corporations; and management analysts studying the processes of growth, diversification, entrepreneurship, and R&D that are the necessary ingredients of the sustained growth of successful companies.
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Revenuers & Moonshiners: Enforcing Federal Liquor Law in the Mountain South, 1865-1900 » Read Now
by Wilbur R. Miller. 251 pgs.

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...the liquid portion of which was called "beer," alcoholic and "sour enough...resembling diluted pure alcohol. Finally, a reporters personal experience of the effects of...
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Liquid Nourishment: Potable Foods and Stimulating Drinks » Read Now
by C. Anne Wilson. 180 pgs.

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International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture » Read Now
by Dwight B. Heath. 394 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The first authoritative guide to how the world drinks, this reference details alcohol use in different countries and cultures. Each chapter, written by an expert contributor, shows how drinking relates to religion, custom, age, gender, class, economics, social policy, and other factors. The result...
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The first authoritative guide to how the world drinks, this reference details alcohol use in different countries and cultures. Each chapter, written by an expert contributor, shows how drinking relates to religion, custom, age, gender, class, economics, social policy, and other factors. The result is a multicultural guide to beliefs, practices, and attitudes about alcohol around the world.
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Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search for Revenue and the Common Good » Read Now
by Richard McGowan. 178 pgs.

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This is the third book in what the author calls his "sin" trilogy: the gambling, tobacco, and alcohol industries. Similar to the gambling and tobacco industries, the alcohol industry is one in which the business and public policy processes are intimately linked. Furthermore, it is a highly regulated...
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This is the third book in what the author calls his "sin" trilogy: the gambling, tobacco, and alcohol industries. Similar to the gambling and tobacco industries, the alcohol industry is one in which the business and public policy processes are intimately linked. Furthermore, it is a highly regulated industry whose very existence depends upon the will of government at all levels and branches. What all the industries share is that they are viewed as a painless source of revenue for government. The alcohol industry is composed of three segments, namely beer, distilled spirits, and wine, each with a distinct product and market. Since the end of Prohibition, public policy makers have developed a certain "tolerance" for alcohol products, but they continue to grapple with the question of how to deal with the "alcohol" problem. While the author updates the current structure and strategies of competition among these industries, his primary rationale for doing so is to analyze how these industries react toincreased public scrutiny of their business activities. The other unique feature of this book is its emphasis on how public policy measures affect the sale of beer, distilled spirits, and wine at the state level.
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Alcohol, Reform, and Society: The Liquor Issue in Social Context » Read Now
by Jack S. Blocker. 294 pgs.

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...ENGLAND Library of Congress Cataloging...under title: Alcohol, reform, and...in American history; no. 83 ISSN...in the type of alcohol consumed...in American history is the...
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A New Deal in Liquor: A Plea for Dilution (1934) » Read Now
by Yandell Henderson, Benjamin Rush. 242 pgs.

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Law, Alcohol, and Order: Perspectives on National Prohibition » Read Now
by David E. Kyvig. 228 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ENGLAND Library of Congress...title: Law, alcohol, and order...American history, ISSN 0084-9219...topic the history of public policy toward alcohol remains...exportation...
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Alcohol, Sex and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe » Read Now
by A. Lynn Martin. 200 pgs.

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This text examines the effects of alcohol on gender relations in traditional Europe, focusing on England, France, and Italy in the late medieval and early modern periods, c1300 to 1700. Sexual activity and violence both increased due to drinking.
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Women and Public Drinking, 1890-1920, in History Today » Read Now
by Madelon Powers. 7 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Ale, Beer and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 » Read Now
by Judith M. Bennett. 264 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London--as well as in many towns and villages--were male, not female. Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England investigates this transition, asking how, when, and why...
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Women brewed and sold most of the ale drunk in medieval England, but after 1350, men slowly took over the trade. By 1600, most brewers in London--as well as in many towns and villages--were male, not female. Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England investigates this transition, asking how, when, and why brewing ceased to be a women's trade and became a trade of men. Drawing on a wide variety of sources--such as literary and artistic materials, court records, accounts, and administrative orders--Judith Bennett vividly describes how brewsters (that is, female brewers) slowly left the trade. She tells a story of commercial growth, gild formation, changing technologies, innovative regulations, and finally, enduring ideas that linked brewsters with drunkenness and disorder. Examining this instance of seemingly dramatic change in women's status, Bennett argues that it included significant elements of continuity. Women might not have brewed in 1600 as often as they had in 1300, but they still worked predominantly in low-status, low-skilled, and poorly remunerated tasks. Using the experiences of brewsters to rewrite the history of women's work during the rise of capitalism, Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England offers a telling story of the endurance of patriarchy in a time of dramatic economic change.
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