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Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776
Rum A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776
Author: Ian Williams
Rum arguably shaped the modern world. It was to the eighteenth century what oil is to the present, but its significance has been diminished by a misguided sense of old-fashioned morality dating back to Prohibition. In fact, Rum shows that even the Puritans took a shot now and then. Rum, too, was one of the major engines of the American Re...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781560256519
ISBN-10: 1560256516
Publication Date: 7/10/2005
Pages: 340
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Publisher: Nation Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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