Description |
xiii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index. |
Contents |
The Puritan assault on drink and taverns -- Laws versus popular culture -- Liquor licenses and poor relief -- The politics of taverns in Provincial Boston -- The politics of taverns in the countryside -- The public order of Revolution -- Epilogue: After the Revolution -- Appendix: Licenseholders, 1735-1776. |
Summary |
Through an innovative examination of inventories, licensing records, petitions, newspapers, sermons, and diaries, Conroy explores the development of tavern culture over time. As provincial society became more complex in the eighteenth century, so, too, did tavern life. In Boston different types of public houses emerged as society became more stratified, and in country towns taverns multiplied as population dispersed. Specifically, Conroy illuminates the role played by public houses as a forum for the development of a vocal republican citizenry in conflict with royal rule. In doing so, he also highlights the connections between the vibrant oral culture of taverns and the expanding print culture of newspapers and political pamphlets in the eighteenth century. |
Awards |
American Historical Association Herbert Feis Award, 1996. |
Provenance |
Gift of Dr. Brooke B. Hunter |
Subject |
Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
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Popular culture. |
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Massachusetts. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
Subject |
Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
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Chronological Term |
17th century |
Subject |
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
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Bars (Drinking establishments) |
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
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Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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Manners and customs. |
Chronological Term |
To 1775 |
Subject |
Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
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Taverns (Inns) |
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Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
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Chronological Term |
To 1799 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Added Author |
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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Other Form: |
Online version: Conroy, David W. In public houses. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1995 (OCoLC)609953661 |
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Online version: Conroy, David W. In public houses. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1995 (OCoLC)623467520 |
ISBN |
0807845213 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807822078 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807822074 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807845219 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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