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1 online resource (xv, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index. |
| Contents |
1: A pilgrim walks into a bar -- A dissenter walks into a bar -- A rebel walks into the back room of a bar -- A revolutionary walks into a bar -- A Federalist walks into a bar -- 2: Keeping tabs -- The political machine invades a bar -- The crusader walks into a bar -- The radicals take over a bar -- The machine politician gets behind the bar -- Carry nation wields a hatchet in a bar -- 3: A woman walks into a speakeasy -- A French heel is hooked around a bar's brass rail -- Joe McCarthy storms into a bar -- Change strolls into the bar. |
| Summary |
When George Washington bade farewell to his officers, he did so in New York's Fraunces Tavern. When Andrew Jackson planned his defense of New Orleans against the British in 1815, he met Jean Lafitte in a grog shop. And when John Wilkes Booth plotted with his accomplices to carry out a certain assassination, they gathered in Surratt Tavern. In America Walks into a Bar, Christine Sismondo recounts the rich and fascinating history of an institution often reviled, yet always central to American life. She traces the tavern from England to New England, showing how even the Puritans valued "a good Be. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- United States -- History.
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Bars (Drinking establishments) |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Drinking customs -- United States -- History.
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Drinking customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sismondo, Christine. America walks into a bar. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 9780199734955 (DLC) 2010040111 (OCoLC)670211372 |
| ISBN |
9780199753161 (electronic book) |
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0199753164 (electronic book) |
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9780199734955 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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019973495X (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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