Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States

Argues that entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men integrated many village and town taverns into the US’s rapidly developing transportation network and used tavern spaces and networks to raise capital, promote business, practice genteel sociability, and rally support for favoured causes - often while drinking the staggering amounts of alcohol.

• | Author: Kirsten E. Wood
• | Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 05, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781469675541
• | ISBN-10: 1469675544