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BL
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| Record Number
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711737
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b533926
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| Main Entry
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Sismondo, Christine.
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| Title & Author
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America walks into a bar : : a spirited history of taverns and saloons, speakeasies, and grog shops /\ Christine Sismondo.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Oxford University Press,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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| Page. NO
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xv, 314 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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019973495X (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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: 9780199734955 (hardcover : acid-free paper) :
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-297) and index.
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| Contents
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A pilgrim walks into a bar -- A dissenter walks into a bar -- A rebel walks into the back room of a bar -- A revolutionary walks into a bar -- A Federalist walks into a bar -- Keeping tabs -- The political machine invades a bar -- The crusader walks into a bar -- The radicals take over a bar -- The machine politician gets behind the bar -- Carry Nation wields a hatchet in a bar -- A woman walks into a speakeasy -- A French heel is hooked around a bar's brass rail -- Joe McCarthy storms into a bar -- Change strolls into the bar.
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| Subject
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Bars (Drinking establishments)-- United States-- History.
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Drinking customs-- United States-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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394.1/30973
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| LC Classification
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GT3803.S57 2011
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