{"product_id":"gin-shonna-milliken-humphrey-9781501353277","title":"Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGin tastes like Christmas to some and rotten pine chips to others, but nearly everyone familiar with the spirit holds immediate gin nostalgia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough early medical textbooks treated it as a healing agent, early alchemists (as well as their critics) claimed gin's base was a path to immortality-and also Satan's tool. In more recent times, the gin trade consolidated the commercial and political power of nations and prompted a social campaign against women. Gin has been used successfully as a defense for murder; blamed for massive unrest in 18th-century England; and advertised for as an abortifacient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom its harshest proto-gin distillation days to the current smooth craft models, gin plays a powerful cultural role in film, music, and literature-one that is arguably older, broader, and more complex than any other spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shonna Milliken Humphrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501353276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501353277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Shonna Milliken Humphrey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991431512319,"sku":"9781501353277","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eea37ca5-864a-4ca0-a6b7-9dcdc8aa0fe4.jpg?v=1683310255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gin-shonna-milliken-humphrey-9781501353277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}