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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Thompson, Peter, 1960- Rum punch & revolution. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)607116267 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Thompson |
ISBN: | 0812234596 9780812234596 0812216644 9780812216646 |
OCLC Number: | 39281949 |
Description: | 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | "For strangers and workmen": the origins and development of Philadelphia's tavern trade -- "Contrived for entertainment": running a tavern in colonial Philadelphia -- "Company divided into committees": taverngoing in colonial Philadelphia -- "Of great presumption": public houses, public culture, and the political life of colonial Philadelphia -- "Councils of state": Philadelphia's taverns and the American Revolution -- Epilogue: "All the apparatus of eastern fable" -- Index of tavernkeepers, petitioners for tavern licenses, and public houses. |
Series Title: | Early American studies. |
Other Titles: | Rum punch and revolution |
Responsibility: | Peter Thompson. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 1610475867688_306748 991000414609705351 |
Abstract:
Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation.
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"A gold mine... The author creates a fascinating story, rich in tidbits and anecdotes."-Choice "Thompson is surely right about the long term change: the class stratification of tavern culture did cause some people to stop hearing voices with contrary opinions."-William and Mary Quarterly "A marvelous book about an important, interesting, and diverting subject."-American Historical Review "An important, provocative book."-Labour/Le Travail Read more...
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- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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- Political culture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
- Philadelphie (Penns.) -- Histoire -- ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
- Philadelphie (Penns.) -- Histoire -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Aspect social.
- Philadelphie (Penns.) -- Mœurs et coutumes.
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- Taverns (Inns)
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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