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Drinking Matters

Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe
By:B. Kümin
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349363759
eText ISBN:9780230598461
Edition:0
Copyright:2007
Format:Page Fidelity

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Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Contested and continuously renegotiated, they catered for basic human needs as well as infinite forms of social exchange.