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The Alcoholic Republic An American Tradition

W.J. Rorabaugh

Recreating America's first fifty intemperate years, when, from 1790 to 1840, Americans drank more alcoholic beverages per capita than at any other time in history, Rorabaugh examines some of the reasons why Americans drank so much

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History That Doesn't Suck

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History That Doesn't Suck

The book covers the heavy drinking habits of early American generations, highlighting the widespread use of alcohol as medicine, the cheaper cost of whiskey compared to tea and coffee, and the dangers associated with alcohol abuse.

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Good God, no wonder historian W.J. Rohrabach's book on this era of American history is titled The Alcoholic Republic.

— Episode: 157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Pa...

Episode: 157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Path to the...

The book covers the heavy drinking habits of early American generations, highlighting the widespread use of alcohol as medicine, the cheaper cost of whiskey compared to tea and coffee, and the dangers associated with alcohol abuse.

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Good God, no wonder historian W.J. Rohrabach's book on this era of American history is titled The Alcoholic Republic.

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