In public houses : drink & the revolution of authority in colonial Massachusetts / David W. Conroy.
Imprint
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia by the University of North Carolina Press, c1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-340) and index.
Contents
The Puritan assault on drink and taverns -- Laws versus popular culture -- Liquor licenses and poor relief -- The politics of taverns in Provincial Boston -- The politics of taverns in the countryside -- The public order of Revolution -- Epilogue: After the Revolution -- Appendix: Licenseholders, 1735-1776.