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In Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow, Brendan J. J. Payne reveals how
prohibition helped realign the racial and religious order in the
South by linking restrictions on alcohol with political preaching
and the disfranchisement of Black voters. While both sides invoked
Christianity, prohibitionists redefined churches' doctrines,
practices, and political engagement. White prohibitionists
initially courted Black voters in the 1880s but soon dismissed them
as hopelessly wet and sought to disfranchise them, stoking fears of
drunken Black men defiling white women in their efforts to reframe
alcohol restriction as a means of racial control. Later, as the
alcohol industry grew desperate, it turned to Black voters, many of
whom joined the brewers to preserve their voting rights and
maintain personal liberties. Tracking southern debates about
alcohol from the 1880s through the 1930s, Payne shows that
prohibition only retreated from the region once the racial and
religious order it helped enshrine had been secured.
Traditional craft-brewed beer can transform a meal from everyday to
extraordinary. It's an affordable, accessible luxury. Yet most
people are only familiar with the mass-market variety. Have you
tasted the real thing? In The Brewmaster's Table, Garrett Oliver,
America's foremost authority on beer and brewmaster of the
acclaimed Brooklyn Brewery, reveals why real beer is the perfect
partner to any dining experience. He explains how beer is made,
relays its fascinating history, and, accompanied by Denny Tillman's
exquisite photographs, conducts an insider's tour through the
amazing range of flavors displayed by distinct styles of beer from
around the world. Most important, he shows how real beer, which is
far more versatile than wine, intensifies flavors when it's
appropriately paired with foods, creating brilliant matches most
people have never imagined: a brightly citric Belgian wheat beer
with a goat cheese salad, a sharply aromatic pale ale to complement
spicy tacos, an earthy German bock beer to match a porcini risotto,
even a fruity framboise to accompany a slice of chocolate truffle
cake. Whether you're a beer aficionado, a passionate cook, or just
someone who loves a great dinner, this book will indeed be a
revelation.
Handling the Hard Stuff: Conversations on the Philosophy of Alcohol
provides students with a collection of articles that helps them
consider the implications of living in an alcohol-saturated world.
The anthology marries discussions on various styles of alcohol with
readings on the nature of identity, responsibility, freedom, sex,
gender, and virtue. Throughout, students are invited to explore a
number of thought-provoking questions such as: Are humans
evolutionarily programmed to desire the taste of fermenting fruit?
Do we fundamentally change our identity when we are inebriated? How
responsible, both legally and morally, are we for what we do while
inebriated? What role does alcohol play in the dating ritual? What
are the dangers of an addiction to alcohol? Each unit includes
pre-reading questions and prompts to introduce key topics and
prepare students for greater levels of engagement and questioning.
Written to help students engage more thoughtfully, concertedly, and
diligently with the concept of alcohol not just as a crutch or a
treat -but as something that can offer philosophical investigation
and discernment, Handling the Hard Stuff is an ideal resource for
courses and programs in philosophy.
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