Alcohol in the Early Modern World

A Cultural History

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2021
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4725-6978-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines how the profound religious, political, and intellectual shifts that characterize the early modern period in Europe are inextricably linked to cultural uses of alcohol in Europe and the Atlantic world. Combining recent work on the history of drink with innovative new research, the eight contributing scholars explore themes such as identity, consumerism, gender, politics, colonialism, religion, state-building, and more through the revealing lens of the pervasive drinking cultures of early modern peoples. Alcohol had a place at nearly every European table and a role in much of early modern experience, from building personal bonds via social and ritual drinking to fueling economies at both micro and macro levels. At the same time, drinking was also at the root of a host of personal tragedies, including domestic violence in the home and human trafficking across the Atlantic. Alcohol in the Early Modern World provides a fascinating re-examination of pre-modern beliefs about and experiences with intoxicating beverages.

B. Ann Tlusty is Professor of History at Bucknell University, USA

Notes on Contributors
List of Illustrations
Introduction, B. Ann Tlusty (Bucknell University, USA)
1. Production, Thomas Brennan (United States Naval Academy, USA)
2. Consumption, Phil Withington (The University of Sheffield, UK)
3. Regulation, Matthew Jackson (The University of Warwick, UK)
4. Commerce, Business, and Trade, Andrew McMichael (Auburn University, USA)
5. Medicine and Health, B. Ann Tlusty (Bucknell University, USA)
6. Gender and Sexuality, Mark Hailwood (University of Exeter, UK)
7. Religion and Ideology, Mark R. Forster (Connecticut College, USA)
8. Cultural Representations, Beat Kümin (The University of Warwick, UK)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2021
Zusatzinfo	50 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1100 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4725-6978-4 / 1472569784
ISBN-13	978-1-4725-6978-3 / 9781472569783
Zustand	Neuware