Accommodating the Republic

Argues that entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men integrated many village and town taverns into the US’s rapidly developing transportation network and used tavern spaces and networks to raise capital, promote business, practice genteel sociability, and rally support for favoured causes - often while drinking the staggering amounts of alcohol.

Sustine ca barbatii antreprenori, orientati spre perfectionare, au integrat multe taverne din sate si orase in reteaua de transport care se dezvolta rapid din SUA si au folosit spatii si retele de taverne pentru a strange capital, promova afaceri, practica sociabilitatea rafinata si aduna sprijin pentru cauzele favorizate - adesea in timp ce consumand cantitati uluitoare de alcool.