Alcohol in popular culture
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780313380488
Description: This encyclopedia presents the many sides of America's ongoing relationship with alcohol, examining the political history, pivotal events, popular culture, and advances in technology that have affected its consumption. --from publisher description
Table of contents: title: LIST OF ENTRIES: Absinthe -- Advertising -- African Americans -- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) -- Alcoholism -- Alcopops -- Anti-Saloon League -- Applejack -- Arts -- Bar bets -- Bar games -- Barfly -- Bars -- Bartending -- Beer -- Beer belly -- Beer bongs -- Beer goggles -- Beer pong -- Beer runs -- Binge drinking -- Blackouts -- Blood alcohol content (BAC) -- Blue laws -- Bootleg alcohol -- Bourbon -- Breathalyzer test -- Breweriana -- Brewing -- Burping -- Carding -- Champagne -- Cider -- Class -- Cocktail parties -- Cocktails -- College drinking culture -- Designated driver -- Distilling -- Distribution -- Drinking age legislation -- Drinking games -- Drinking glasses and vessels -- Drinking rituals -- Drinking songs -- Driving under the influence (DUI) -- Dry counties -- Economics -- Elderly -- Fermentation -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- Films -- Food and drink culture -- Free drinks -- Gin -- Hair of the dog -- Hangovers -- Happy hour -- Health effects of alcohol -- Home-brew -- Hooch -- Internet -- Interventions -- Keggers -- Kosher wine -- Last call -- Liquor boards -- Liquor licenses -- Liquor stores -- Literature -- Madeira -- Mardi Gras -- Martinis -- Medical uses of alcohol -- Men and boys drinking -- Microbreweries -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) -- Music -- National identity -- Native Americans -- Oktoberfest -- Peer pressure -- Perry -- Politics -- Prohibition -- Pub crawls -- Pubs -- Punch -- Race and ethnicity -- Rehab -- Religion -- Rum -- Sake -- Shooters -- Skid row and the bowery -- Sommeliers -- Speakeasies -- Sports -- St. Patrick’s Day -- Television -- Temperance -- Tequila -- Terroir -- Toasting -- Underage drinking -- Violence, alcohol-related -- Vodka -- Whiskey -- Wine -- Wine coolers -- Wine tasting -- Wine tourism -- Winemaking, home -- Winos -- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union -- Women and girls drinking -- Workplace drinking.