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Author Conroy, David W.

Title In public houses : drink & the revolution of authority in colonial Massachusetts / David W. Conroy.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, [1995]
©1995

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F67 .C756 1995    Available  ---  Gift of Dr. Brooke B. Hunter
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.
Popular culture.
Massachusetts.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Popular culture -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
Manners and customs.
Chronological Term To 1775
Subject Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century.
Taverns (Inns)
Taverns (Inns) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term To 1799
Genre/Form History.
Added Author Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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
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)
0807822078 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780807822074 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780807845219 (paperback ; alkaline paper)