
Booze
A Distilled History
Craig Heron(Author)
Between the Lines (Publisher)
Published on 24. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-896357-83-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Booze" is a history of Canadian drink and drinking from the European conquest to the present. Filled with photographs, ads, and cartoons, this multifaceted story features the liquor traffic, alcohol in Native communities, the law and prohibition, public drunkenness, the workingman's club, bootlegging, alcoholism, and a wide array of watering holes.
"To write about booze is to enter into a minefield of controversy," writes Heron, acknowledging the complexity of his subject. "Booze" is a work of engaging scholarship by one of Canada's leading historians.
"To write about booze is to enter into a minefield of controversy," writes Heron, acknowledging the complexity of his subject. "Booze" is a work of engaging scholarship by one of Canada's leading historians.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
150ill.
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
966 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-896357-83-6 (9781896357836)
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Person
Craig Heron teaches Canadian history and labour studies at York University, Toronto.