W. J. Rorabaugh (1945–2020)
Autor von The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
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W.J. Rorabaugh is Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle
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- Rorabaugh, William Joseph
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- 2020-03
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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.… (mehr)