W. J. Rorabaugh (1945–2020)
Autore di The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
Sull'Autore
W.J. Rorabaugh is Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle
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- Nome canonico
- Rorabaugh, W. J.
- Altri nomi
- Rorabaugh, William Joseph
- Data di nascita
- 1945
- Data di morte
- 2020-03
- Sesso
- male
- Attività lavorative
- historian
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- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 434
- Popolarità
- #56,344
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 36
- Lingue
- 3
This was interesting overall -- it is a scholarly work -- but the author may have overreached in his analyses of *why* there was so much drinking going on. Such as saying pioneer folks were lonely/isolated & anxious. Did he have any hard evidence that was so? Yes, I'm sure some turned to drink because of isolation.
More interesting were facts such as how/why whiskey replaced rum (simply put, rum was taxed) as favored drink.
I think at the time, this was a groundbreaking work on this topic.… (altro)