 | Rum Punch and Revolution: Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period ca. 1600–1775; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution 1775–1783 -- Social aspects; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs; Taverns (Inns) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th cen; Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation. Peter Thompson, Ph.D., has been the Sydney Mayer Lecturer in Early American History at Oxford University since January 1993. He earned his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania and spent four years as Lecturer in American History at Princeton University. He resides in England. (Bowker Author Biography) |
