Empire of Vines |
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| Author:
| Hannickel, Erica |
| Series title: | Nature and Culture in America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-322-51315-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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"Empire of Vines" traces the development of wine culture as grape growing expanded from New York to the Midwest before gaining ascendancy in California--a progression that illustrates viticulture's centrality to the nineteenth-century American projects of national expansion and the formation of a national culture.
"Empire of Vines" traces the development of wine culture as grape growing expanded from New York to the Midwest before gaining ascendancy in California--a progression that illustrates viticulture's centrality to the nineteenth-century American projects of national expansion and the formation of a national culture.