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Vodka, A Global History

Vodka, A Global History

by Patricia Herlihy

  • HISTORY
  • 2012
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES

A professor of history at Brown, Herlihy explores our fascination with this most versatile of spirit. From its mysterious 14th Century Slavic origins to its current transatlantic reign over Europe and North America, vodka has endured many obstacles along its way to global popularity, flourishing despite hurdles like Prohibition and being banned in Russia on the eve of WWI. A volume in the lively Edible History Series.  (RUS475, $17.00)

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