Empire of Vines
| Author | : Erica Hannickel |
| Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2013-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780812245592 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0812245598 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Empire of Vines by : Erica Hannickel
Download or read book Empire of Vines written by Erica Hannickel and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire of Vines 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.
