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Making Bourbon A Geographical History of Distilling in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky By Karl Raitz
A nuanced discussion of bourbon’s evolution in Kentucky. While other industries chase after the new and improved, bourbon makers celebrate traditions that hearken back to an authentic frontier craft. Kentucky’s unique geography shaped the whiskeys its settlers produced, and for more than two centuries, distilling bourbon fundamentally altered every aspect of Kentucky’s landscape and culture. This book illuminates how the specific geography, culture, and ecology of the Bluegrass converged and gave birth to Kentucky’s favourite barrel-aged whiskey.
University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178752 • Hardback • 25 b/w illus., 33 maps • 254 x 178mm • 656 pages • February 2020 • £45.00
Confederate Citadel Richmond and Its People at War By Mary A. DeCredico Series: New Directions in Southern History
Examines the human elements of the economic rise and fall of Richmond, Virginia. Richmond, Virginia: pride of the founding fathers, doomed capital of the Confederate States of America. Unlike other Southern cities, Richmond boasted a vibrant, urban industrial complex capable of producing crucial ammunition and military supplies. This book offers a detailed portrait of life’s daily hardships in the rebel capital during the Civil War.
University Press of Kentucky • 9780813179254 • Hardback 9 b/w illus., 3 maps • 229 x 152mm • 224 pages • April 2020 • £37.50
Paved Roads & Public Money Connecticut Transportation in the Age of Internal Combustion By Richard DeLuca Series: Driftless Connecticut
A well-illustrated examination of how land, law and technology have shaped Connecticut. Drawing on a wide array of primary material, this bok examines how land, law, and technology have shaped Connecticut and its transportation systems, including aviation, roads, bridges, ferries, steamboats, canals, railroads, electric trolleys, and water ports. It focuses on key events in the development of transportation technology and legislation. It is arranged chronologically, highlighting themes from each period, showing the implications of state’s transportation history on the ongoing debates around infrastructure and funding. Wesleyan University Press • 9780819573032 • Hardback • 50 illus., 1 table 229 x 152mm • 245 pages • July 2020 • £28.95
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