Inn Civility
Urban Taverns and Early American Civil Society
Examines the critical role of urban taverns in the social and political life of colonial and revolutionary America From exclusive city taverns” to seedy disorderly houses,” urban taverns were wholly engrained in the diverse web of British American life. By the mid-eighteenth century, urban taverns emerged as the most popular, numerous, and accessible public spaces in British America. These shared spaces, which hosted individuals from a broad swath of socioeconomic backgrounds, eliminated the notion of civilized” and wild” individuals, and dismayed the elite colonists who hoped to impose a British-style social order upon their local community.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4798-0945-5
- EAN: 9781479809455
- Produktnummer: 29013564
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'242 KB
- Abbildungen: 8 black and white illustrations
- Reihenbandnummer: 8
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Vaughn Scribner
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