The alcoholic republic, an American tradition
By: W. J. Rorabaugh.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Alcoholism -- United States -- History.; United States  -- Social conditions  -- To 1865.
Description: This social history documents the great 'alcoholic binge' that occurred between 1790 and 1840, when Americans drank more alcoholic beverages--nearly a halt pint of hard liquor per man per day--than at any other time in American history. American men were taught to drink as children--even as babies. However, alcohol usages crossed sexual, regional, racial and class lines.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 251-252.