[Mobile pdf] Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
• Sarah H. Meacham •
| #2651264 in Books | 2009-09-10 | Original language:English | 9.00 x.76 x6.00l,.95 | File Name: 0801893127 | 208 pages
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Colonial History|By Prof. Paul D. McDermott|I highly recommend this book. For those interested in colonial history, this book is highly informative regarding the creation of alcoholic beverages-especialy beer, cider, and homemade whiskey. In my study made for one backcountry region-Washington County, Maryland, a comprehensive inventory made in 1783 provided data that stills we|||"A well-composed, clearly written, highly informative study that significantly contributes to our understanding of how alcohol was brewed, distributed, and consumed in the colonial Chesapeake area." (Susan C. Imbarrato Journal of American History)
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 was foul, milk was generally unavailable, and tea and coffee were far too expensive for all but the very wealthy....
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