Tom Acitelli

January 1, 2012 | Book Reviews

America Walks Into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops

The evolution of the American bar has been analogous to the evolution of American civic life. Both started as primarily the domain of straight, white, Protestant males of means and British descent; and then both gradually—and grudgingly—expanded to include anybody ...