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In Public Houses: Drink and the Revolution of Authority in Colonial Massachusetts
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by David W. Conroy
Sales Rank: 1070567
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Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
Published by: The University of North Carolina Press June 19, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0807845213
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0807845219
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Review
An extraordinary work of history that gracefully traces the origins, growth, and functions of these centers of collective drink.
Choice
Elegantly written, closely argued, and well supported.
American Historical Review
This great book reveals the complexities of New England's social and cultural development.
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Conroy's solid research effort and fine writing provide an extra measure of confidence in his great book.
Journal of Social History
This is a book one completes with a mounting sense of excitement that the author has brought a subject to life.
William and Mary Quarterly
Product Description
In this study of the role of taverns in the development of Massachusetts society, David Conroy brings into focus a vital and controversial but little-understood facet of public life during the colonial era. Concentrating on the Boston area, he reveals a popular culture at odds with Puritan social ideals, one that contributed to the transformation of Massachusetts into a republican society. Public houses were an integral part of colonial community life and hosted a variety of official functions, including meetings of the courts. They also filled a special economic niche for women and the poor, many of whom turned to tavern-keeping to earn a living. But taverns were also the subject of much critical commentary by the clergy and increasingly restrictive regulations. Conroy argues that these regulations were not only aimed at curbing the spiritual corruption associated with public houses but also at restricting the popular culture that had begun to undermine the colony's social and political hierarchy. Specifically, Conroy illuminates the role played by public houses as a forum for the development of a vocal republican citizenry, and he highlights the connections between the vibrant oral culture of taverns and the expanding print culture of newspapers and political pamphlets in the eighteenth century.
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