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Article: Bacchus and Civic Order: The Culture of Drink in Early Modern Germany. .(Book Review)
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- Journal of Social History
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- June 22, 2003
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Bacchus and Civic Order: The Culture of Drink in Early Modern Germany. By B. Ann Tlusty (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 2001. Xii plus 288pp.).
Anyone remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer, wine, and other libations, such as Most and Korn, play a significant role in its culture and society. Ann Tlusty's fine work sheds light on the historical roots of this phenomenon by carrying out a well-conceived and thorough investigation of tavern-keeping and drinking in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Augsburg. More importantly, though, Tlusty's study presents two, intertwined conclusions that have serious ramifications for our understanding ...