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Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
Every Home a Distillery Alcohol Gender and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake - Early America: History, Context, Culture
Author: Sarah H. Meacham
In this original examination of alcohol production in early America, Sarah Hand Meacham uncovers the crucial role women played in cidering and distilling in the colonial Chesapeake. Her fascinating story is one defined by gender, class, technology, and changing patterns of production. Alcohol was essential to colonial life; the region's water wa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801893124
ISBN-10: 0801893127
Publication Date: 9/10/2009
Pages: 208
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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