Drinking Matters

Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-55408-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Early Modern History: Society and Culture

Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Contested and continuously renegotiated, they catered for basic human needs as well as infinite forms of social exchange.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kümin, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Abbreviations and measures Glossary Introduction PART I: THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC DRINKING Settings Types of drinking establishments Agents and interests PART II: FUNCTIONS OF THE EARLY MODERN PUBLIC HOUSE Subsistence Communication PART III: PUBLIC HOUSES IN EARLY MODERN SOCIETY Interpretations Interactions Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

BEAT KÜMIN was born and educated in Switzerland. Following research fellowships at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the University of Bern, he is now Associate Professor in History at Warwick University, UK. Publications include (1996), the co-edited collection (2002) and (forthcoming with Palgrave).