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Drink: A Social History of America Paperback – April 1, 2003

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In this shrewd cultural history of drink in America, Andrew Barr considers the significance of alcohol, historically and socially, symbolic and real, in the evolution of a nation born of a rebel spirit and intoxicated by liberty - and sometimes by rum or raw whiskey, which the colonists preferred to their royally taxed British tea. While Americans have both asserted and celebrated their freedoms with alcohol they have also, in Barr's perceptive historical view, put it to more insidious use; in suppressing native American populations in the country's expansion west, for instance, or in controlling acculturation of immigrants. Blending his candidly opinionated take on history with a lively bit of cultural anthropology, Barr examines not only the social influences that determine what, where, and why we choose to drink but also the social ills that have been attributed to alcohol, from the supposed decline in national values to the dipsomaniacal state of our national health. Barr argues, however, that the scapegoating of alcohol by moral alarmists, the medical establishment, and platform politicians has more often produced dubious cures and moral hypocrisy than it has accomplished social good.

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466 pages
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English
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Diane Pub Co
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April 1, 2003
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6 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
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075675321X
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978-0756753214
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Reading this book [is like] enjoying a rambling, mildly intoxicated dinner conversation with a lively companion. --The New York Times Book Review, Patricia Nelson Limerick

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Diane Pub Co (April 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 466 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 075675321X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0756753214
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,858,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,570 in Alcoholic Spirits
- #6,051 in Customs & Traditions Social Sciences
- #28,882 in Cultural Anthropology (Books)

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Randi

Good book

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Joseph G. V.

Good read but lengthy

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I received this book in great condition in early June and haven't even gotten a fourth of the way through it. I find it is a good read but the chapters are long and wordy. However, I am glad that I ordered it because it is a very interesting work. I could probably write a better review if I had finished the bookk but as usual the request for a review came before I had even gotten through half of it.

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Michael Rasmussen

More an ad for wine than a real history

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2011

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While there are certainly some interesting facts, and I tend to agree with many of the numerous opinions of the author about prohibition of any sort, far too much of the book focuses on his obvious preference for wine over all other drinks and his obvious disdain for spirits. He even has a piece where he talks about British wine snobs in an unfavorable light, but then concludes with one of the snobbiest British interpretations of American culture I can imagine. If you are going to write about American drinking culture and history, try to address it without such an obvious bias or you do nothing but confirm the reasons the majority of Americans don't like wine as much as you think they should.

There are other books on the topic that are more approachable and less snobby, get one of those unless you are a wine snob and want to have your opinions confirmed by a foreigner.

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C. Wu

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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2010

This book was okay. The information was interesting and the writing flowed fairly well, but the author definitely needed to do a lot more editing. I also found the author's constant interjection of opinions to be irritating. Even if I agree with the author, I just want the facts and should be able to make up my own mind. Also, the insane number of footnotes that only stated "this was covered or will be covered in another chapter in more detail" were completely uneccessary. Just let me read the book and the information should unfold.

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