Moonshine

A Global History

Kevin R. Kosar (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2017
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78023-742-8 (ISBN)

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Kevin R. Kosar tells the colourful history of moonshine, with characters that range from crusading lawmen, earnest farmers and clever tinkerers looking for a thrill.

No matter where you go on earth, there is moonshine. It has been made from just about every imaginable foodstuff: grapes, grain, raw sugar, tree bark, horse milk and more. College students in the developed world drink it; so do day labourers in the world's poorest slums and villages. All moonshine has two characteristics: it is highly alcoholic, and it is illegal. Kevin R. Kosar tells the colourful history of moonshine with characters that range from crusading lawmen, earnest farmers and clever tinkerers, to vicious smugglers and ruthless gangsters; from pontificating poets and sneaky swamp-rats, to adolescents looking for a thrill.

Kevin R. Kosar is the author of Whiskey: A Global History (Reaktion, 2010). He lives in Washington, DC.

Erscheinungsdatum	10.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Edible
Zusatzinfo	60 illustrations, 40 in colour
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 197 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-78023-742-1 / 1780237421
ISBN-13	978-1-78023-742-8 / 9781780237428
Zustand	Neuware