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- Martini, Straight Up: The Classic American Cocktail
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Funder: Mellon/NEH / Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions
- Program:
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Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. v
- List of Illustrations
- p. ix
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- pp. xi-xiv
- Preface to the First Edition
- pp. xv-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. xix-xxvi
- Time Line: The Martini Decade by Decade
- pp. xxvii-xxix
- The Simple Messages Reconsidered
- pp. 35-37
- The Ambiguities of the Martini
- pp. 39-40
- Historical Background of the Ambiguities
- pp. 71-95
- Conclusion
- pp. 97-101
- Theory, Method, and Bibliography
- pp. 103-117
- Appendix: The Martini Glass
- pp. 119-124
- Color Plates
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421437699
Related ISBN(s)
9780801859717, 9780801873119, 9781421437675, 9781421437682
MARC Record
OCLC
1138592743
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2020-02-03
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND