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Alcohol Use in the Early American Republic
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
University of California, Davis Professor Alan Taylor spoke on alcohol use in the early American republic. By 1830, annual alcohol consumption in America reached four gallons per person, the most in the history of the nation before or since. Professor Taylor talked about why Americans drank so much, the consequences of so much drinking, and how it spawned the temperance movement in the 1830s.
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Released:
Aug 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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