 | Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America Subjects: Viticulture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Wine and wine making -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Grapes -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Empire of Vines traces the development of wine culture as grape growing expanded from New York to the Midwest before gaining ascendancy in California--a progression that illustrates viticulture's centrality to the nineteenth-century American projects of national expansion and the formation of a national culture. Erica Hannickel teaches environmental history at Northland College. |
