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- catalog abstract ""In this engaging look at the classic cocktail, Lowell Edmunds traces the history of the Martini back to its American origins in the nineteenth century. Exploring literary and dramatic works as well as newspapers, magazines, cartoons, bartenders' manuals, distillery brochures, and other documents of popular culture, Edmunds finds in the Martini's image the same ambiguities that characterize American life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10888712.
- catalog contributor b10888713.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""In this engaging look at the classic cocktail, Lowell Edmunds traces the history of the Martini back to its American origins in the nineteenth century. Exploring literary and dramatic works as well as newspapers, magazines, cartoons, bartenders' manuals, distillery brochures, and other documents of popular culture, Edmunds finds in the Martini's image the same ambiguities that characterize American life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-145) and index.".
- catalog description "Time Line: The Martini Decade by Decade -- The Simple Messages of the Martini. Message 1. The Martini is American -- it is not European, Asian, or African. Message 2. The Martini is urban and urbane -- it is not rural or rustic. Message 3. The Martini is a high-status, not a low-status, drink. Message 4. The Martini is a man's, not a woman's, drink. Message 5. The Martini is optimistic, not pessimistic. Message 6. The Martini is the drink of adults, not of children. Message 7. The Martini belongs to the past, not to the present. The Simple Messages Reconsidered -- The Ambiguities of the Martini. Ambiguity 1. The Martini is civilized -- the Martini is uncivilized. Ambiguity 2. The Martini unites -- the Martini separates.".
- catalog extent "xxix, 153 p., [4] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0801859719 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "641.8/74 21".
- catalog subject "Drinking customs United States History.".
- catalog subject "Martinis.".
- catalog subject "TX951 .E325 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Time Line: The Martini Decade by Decade -- The Simple Messages of the Martini. Message 1. The Martini is American -- it is not European, Asian, or African. Message 2. The Martini is urban and urbane -- it is not rural or rustic. Message 3. The Martini is a high-status, not a low-status, drink. Message 4. The Martini is a man's, not a woman's, drink. Message 5. The Martini is optimistic, not pessimistic. Message 6. The Martini is the drink of adults, not of children. Message 7. The Martini belongs to the past, not to the present. The Simple Messages Reconsidered -- The Ambiguities of the Martini. Ambiguity 1. The Martini is civilized -- the Martini is uncivilized. Ambiguity 2. The Martini unites -- the Martini separates.".
- catalog title "Martini, straight up : the classic American cocktail / Lowell Edmunds.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".