| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) : illustrations, map |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index. |
| Contents |
Temperance -- National prohibition -- Solving problems past -- Transforming wine in American culture. |
| Summary |
Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day--and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wine and wine making -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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Wine and wine making -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Legal history of wine in America |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mendelson, Richard, 1953- From demon to darling. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009 9780520259430 (DLC) 2008034387 (OCoLC)243674267 |
| ISBN |
9780520943209 electronic book |
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0520943201 electronic book |
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9780520259430 |
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0520259432 |
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9780520268005 |
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0520268008 |
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1283277166 |
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9781283277167 |
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