Rum Punch and Revolution Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Peter |
| Series title: | Early American Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-3459-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation.
Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation.