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The Book of Absinthe : a cultural history / Phil Baker.
LIBRA - Rare GT2898 .B35 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Phil, 1961- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Dedalus book of absinthe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Absinthe--Social aspects.
- Absinthe.
- Absinthe--History.
- Absinthe in art.
- Drinking customs--France--History--19th century.
- Drinking customs.
- France.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Rothman, Steven D. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- vii,[1], 296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grove Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Three Coffins in the Morning
- Chapter One. What does absinthe mean?
- Chapter Two. The 1890s
- Chapter Three. The Life and Death of Ernest Dowson
- Chapter Four. Meanwhile in France
- Chapter Five. Genius Unrewarded
- Chapter Six. From Antiquity to the Green Hour
- Chapter Seven. Before the Ban
- Chapter Eight. After the Ban
- Chapter Nine. The Absinthe Revival
- Chapter Ten. The Rituals of Absinthe
- Chapter Eleven. What Does Absinthe Do?
- Appendix One. Some absinthe texts
- Appendix Two. Modern brands tested.
- Notes:
- Originally published: The Dedalus book of absinthe. Sawtry, U.K. : Dedalus, 2001.
- "Cover design by Charles Rue Woods. Cover art by Michael Tedesco"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index.
- Local Notes:
- GT2898.B35 2003 presented to the Penn Libraries by Steven Rothman, 2018.
- ISBN:
- 0802139930
- 9780802139931
- OCLC:
- 317334170
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