Title: The alcoholic republic, an American tradition
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.
Subjects: Alcoholism, History, Social conditions, Epidemiology, Alkoholismus, Alcoholisme, Temperance
Places: United States
Time periods: To 1865