Rough Spirits & High Society: The Culture of Drink (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780712352154)

The tavern, the inn, the coffee house, the tea shop: these are places where, throughout history, we have met and socialized and where the issues of the day could be discussed over a drink. Postal services developed between networks of inns and enabled modern communication. The first insurance companies were created in the coffee houses. Gin palaces prompted moral outrage. The suffragette movement found its birthplace in tea shops which allowed women to meet across social classes. This generously illustrated book unveils the little-known ways that drinks, whether alcoholic or caffeinated, have found their place at the center of our social and political lives.

Author: Ruth Ball
ISBN-10: 0712352155
ISBN-13: 9780712352154
Publisher: British Library
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.80d