Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Sarah Hand Meacham) Gin These days we use "Iran"

These days we use "Iran" to refer to the country and "Persia" or "Persian" for the culture

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Every Home a Distillery: Alcohol, Gender, and Technology in the Colonial Chesapeake (Sarah Hand Meacham) Gin These days we use "Iran"In this original examination of alcohol production in early America, Sarah Hand Meacham uncovers the crucial role women played in cidering and distilling in the colonial Chesapeake. Her fascinating story is one defined by gender, class, technology, and changing patterns of production. Alcohol was essential to colonial life; the regions water was foul, milk was generally unavailable, and tea and coffee were far too expensive for all but the very