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Every home a distillery alcohol, gender, and technology in the colonial Chesapeake / Sarah Hand Meacham.
| Author/creator | Meacham, Sarah Hand, 1972- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Description | xi, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early America Early America. ^A317301 |
| Contents | "It was being too abstemious that brought this sickness upon me" : alcoholic beverage consumption in the early Chesapeake -- "They will be adjudged by their drinke, what kind of housewives they are" : gender, technology, and household cidering in England and the Chesapeake, 1690 to 1760 -- "This drink cannot be kept during the summer" : large planters, science, and community networks in the early eighteenth century -- "Anne Howard-- will take in gentlemen" : white middling women and the tavernkeeping trade in colonial Virginia -- "Ladys here all go to market to supply their pantry" : alcohol for sale, 1760 to 1776 -- "Every man his own distiller" : technology, the American Revolution, and the masculinization of alcohol production in the late eighteenth century -- "He is much addicted to strong drinke" : the problem of alcohol -- A few recipes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008050544 |
| ISBN | 9780801893124 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801893127 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |