num_pages: 320
description: Recreating America's first fifty intemperate years, when, from 1790 to 1840, Americans drank more alcoholic beverages per capita than at any other time in history, Rorabaugh examines some of the reasons why Americans drank so much
language: English
title: The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
titlecomplete: The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
genres: History, 18th Century, Alcohol, Religion, American History, Food, Food and Drink, 19th Century, American, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 349
publisher: Oxford University Press