Early Modern History: Society and Culture: Public Houses and Social Exchange in Early Modern Central Europe

Kümin, B.

Offering the first comparative survey of public houses in pre-industrial Europe and drawing on a vast range of primary sources, this study establishes inns and taverns as principal communication sites in local communities. Contested and continuously renegotiated, they catered for basic human needs as well as infinite forms of social exchange.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-10-26

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230554085

DOI: 10.1057/9780230598461

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 283