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Author Hannickel, Erica

Title Empire of vines : wine culture in America / Erica Hannickel
Edition 1st ed
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Nature and culture in America
Nature and culture in America.
Contents Tributaries of the Grape -- Propagating Empire -- Landscapes of Fruit and Profit -- Fear of Hybrid Grapes and Men -- California Wine Meets Its "Destiny" -- The Danger of a Vineyard Romance
Summary The lush, sun-drenched vineyards of California evoke a romantic, agrarian image of winemaking, though in reality the industry reflects American agribusiness at its most successful. Nonetheless, as the author shows, this fantasy is deeply rooted in the history of grape cultivation in America. This book traces the development of wine culture as grape growing expanded from New York to the Midwest before gaining ascendancy in California--a progression that illustrates viticulture's centrality to the nineteenth-century American projects of national expansion and the formation of a national culture
Analysis Agriculture
American History
American Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Viticulture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Wine and wine making -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Grapes -- United States -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Grapes
Viticulture
Wine and wine making
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0812208900
9780812208900