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McGill-Queens University Press is flexing some Canadian certainty with its code: SNOW30. Use to get 30% off all online book orders through December 31. (the sale will end, the snow will continue...)

Delighted to see that includes _The Hour of Absinthe: A Cultural History of France's Most Notorious Drink_ by @drninastuder. Part of the _Intoxicating Histories_ series, _The Hour of Absinthe_ shows, to quote its tag line: how colonialism, madness, and murder turned the green fairy into the opium of the West. 🧚‍♂️

https://www.mqup.ca/hour-of-absinthe-products-9780228022206.php

#colonialism #absinthe #France #history #histodons #FrenchEmpire #AlcoholHistory #Bookstodon

I've been reading about the (supposed) Gin Craze this morning.

I found a froth of snobbery, nationalism, exploitative greed and fake news – all sounds rather modern doesn't it?

Herewith, a short thread:

#Gin #AlcoholHistory #History #England #18thCentury #GinCraze #Spirits #AmWriting #GinATastingCourse