Use as a methodological guardrail: heritage narratives should be checked against independent documentary evidence.
The author explains the book's method and scope before the production and national-history chapters.
Kosar frames whiskey as a political, economic, and cultural phenomenon and warns that celebratory brand histories often repeat public-relations myths while obscuring the industry's commercial and harmful dimensions.
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