An Historic Guide to Cambridge


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Massachusetts: a Guide to Its Places and People


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Author: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts Subject: Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Guidebooks Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin company Pages: 800 Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: 6573 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Prelinger Library Collection: prelinger_library; additional_collections; americana Full catalog record: MARCXML.




The Tavern


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Since the first Europeans settled in North America, much of American life and politics have happened around the tavern. Readers will appreciate this in-depth analysis of the tavern and its influence on American life and society throughout history. From public houses in Puritan New England to Gilded Age saloons, and on to the modern sports bar, drinking establishments have had a significant and lasting presence in American life. This book analyzes the role of drinking establishments throughout American history through an examination of their unique interior spaces. The book considers the objects that define the space and the customers who give the space relevance and provides an overview of the space throughout history, showing how the physical attributes of the tavern and its role within society have changed over time. This work will consider the tavern from the perspective of the tavern keeper as well as the patrons, and will show how drinking establishments have found a permanent home within American life.







Philadelphia


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The Antiquary


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The Colonial Tavern


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Stage-coach and Tavern Days


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A comprehensive study, both light-hearted and serious, of the enormous role of taverns and modes of travel in colonial culture. Some of the chapters discuss the Puritan ordinary, the tavern landlord, tavern fare and tavern ways, signs and symbols, the tav