Forsyth, Mark. A Short History of Drunkenness. Viking, 2017. ISBN9780241980101. Supplied185-page PDF.
Rum is presented as currency, controlled access to labor and a political instrument through the Rum Corps, 1808 coup and hospital financing.
Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (Viking, 2017), chap. 15, “Australia”.
Mark Forsyth, A Short History of Drunkenness (Viking, 2017), chap. 15, “Australia”.
chap. 15, “Australia”
Forsyth, Short History of Drunkenness, chap. 15, “Australia”.
chap. 15, “Australia”
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Composite popular narrative with speculation, including first-building claim in note184. Avoid reducing colonization to rum or repeating blanket claims about women's convictions.
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