Alcohol in the Early Modern World: A Cultural History Tlusty B. Ann
Alcohol in the Early Modern World: A Cultural History Tlusty B. Ann This book examines how the profound religious, political, and intellectual shifts that characterize the early modern period in…
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Alcohol in the Early Modern World: A Cultural History Tlusty B. Ann
This book examines how the profound religious, political, and intellectual shifts that characterize the early modern period in Europe are inextricably linked to cultural uses of alcohol in Europe and the Atlantic world. Alcohol had a place at nearly every European table and a role in much of early modern experience, from building personal bonds via social and ritual drinking to fueling economies at both micro and macro levels. Combining recent work on the history of drink with innovative new research, the eight contributing scholars explore themes such as identity, consumerism, gender, politics, colonialism, religion, state-building, and more through the revealing lens of the pervasive drinking cultures of early modern peoples.
At the same time, drinking was also at the root of a host of personal tragedies, including domestic violence in the home and human trafficking across the