Public Drinking in the Early Modern World Vol 4

This four-volume reset edition presents a wide-ranging collection of primary sources which uncover the language and behaviour of local and state authorities, of peasants and town-dwellers, and of drinking companions and irate wives. VOLUME 4 America 1 Introduction 2 Tavern Structure and Material Life 1 Images 5 Probate Inventories, Advertisements and Travellers’ Accounts, 3 Legal Control over Taverns, Legislation Enforcement, 4 Proprietors, Employees and Patrons 5 Business and Economic Functions of Taverns, Tavern Accounts: Daily Life Transformed, Social, Political and Cultural Functions, Political A Secular Opinion, Editorial Notes, Index