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Phillips, Rod

 
9781469652177: Alcohol: A History
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ISBN 10: 146965217X ISBN 13: 9781469652177
Editorial: The University of North Carolina Press, 2019

Sinopsis

Whether as wine, beer, or spirits, alcohol has had a constant and often controversial role in social life. In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history, uncovering the tensions between alcoholic drinks as healthy staples of daily diets and as objects of social, political, and religious anxiety. In the urban centers of Europe and America, where it was seen as healthier than untreated water, alcohol gained a foothold as the drink of choice, but it has been more regulated by governmental and religious authorities more than any other commodity. As a potential source of social disruption, alcohol created volatile boundaries of acceptable and unacceptable consumption and broke through barriers of class, race, and gender.

Phillips follows the ever-changing cultural meanings of these potent potables and makes the surprising argument that some societies have entered ""post-alcohol"" phases. His is the first book to examine and explain the meanings and effects of alcohol in such depth, from global and long-term perspectives.

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Rod Phillips is professor of history at Carleton University and the author of A Short History of Wine.

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Editorial
The University of North Carolina Press
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
146965217X
ISBN 13 
9781469652177
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
382
Contacto del fabricante
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