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Presents the fascinating cultural, economic, and ethnographic history of rum in the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present. Frederick Smith explains why this industry arose in the islands, how attitudes toward alcohol consumption have impacted the people of the region, and how rum production evolved over 400 years.

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The most significant contribution to the history of Caribbean rum since John McCusker's Rum and the American Revolution....It adds significantly to McCusker’s work by analyzing the Caribbean environment in greater depth and by bringing the story forward by two centuries."—Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University

Caribbean Rum A Social and Economic History

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      Publisher MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida
      Published 11/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780813033150
      978-0813033150
      ISBN-10 0813033152

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the fascinating cultural, economic, and ethnographic history of rum in the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present. Frederick Smith explains why this industry arose in the islands, how attitudes toward alcohol consumption have impacted the people of the region, and how rum production evolved over 400 years.

      Trade Review
      The most significant contribution to the history of Caribbean rum since John McCusker's Rum and the American Revolution....It adds significantly to McCusker’s work by analyzing the Caribbean environment in greater depth and by bringing the story forward by two centuries."—Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University

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