Author:
Hancock, David, 1957-
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Descriptionxxix, 632 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction: "An unbounded ocean of business--laid open to us" -- The triumph of Bacchus -- The culture of the vine -- The enlivening grape -- "A revolution in this trade" -- A "commerce of minds" : Madeira distributors and their customers -- Merchants into capitalists -- Strong networks of weak ties : importing and wholesaling wine in early America -- The wet goods business -- "Articles of nourishment both mundane and useful" : wine consumption in an emerging Atlantic economy -- "Power to give sudden refreshment" and respect : health, refinement, and the consumption of wine -- Ars bibendi : "the fashionable ornaments of life" -- Coda: "The pleasures of the bottle" -- Conclusion: "If Bacchus, not Neptune, were god of the sea."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-591) and index.
