Drink in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Taylor & Francis

This collection of essays covers the representation and practice of drinking a variety of beverages across eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain and North America. The case studies in this volume cover drinking culture from a variety of perspectives, including literature, history, anthropology and the history of medicine. > This collection of essays covers the representation and practice of drinking a variety of beverages across eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain and North America. The case studies in this volume cover drinking culture from a variety of perspectives, including literature, history, anthropology and the history of medicine. > Introduction, Susanne Schmid, Barbara Schmidt-Haberkamp; Part I Ritual and Material Culture; Chapter 1 Politics By Design: Consumption, Identity and Allegiance, Karen Harvey; Chapter 2 Drinks, Domesticity and the Forging of an American Identity in Susan Warner\u2019s The Wide, Wide World (1850), Caroline Rosenthal; Part II Instip