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Madelon Powers

Faces along the Bar

Lore and Order in the Workingman's Saloon, 1870-1920

331 pages, 15 halftones  6 x 9  © 1998
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America

Cloth $28.00

ISBN: 9780226677682   Published August 1998

Paper $18.00

ISBN: 9780226677699   Published June 1999

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. I: The Criteria for Comradeship
1: The Importance of Being Regular
2: Gender, Age, and Marital Status
3: Occupation, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood
Pt. II: The Gentle Art of Clubbing
4: Drinking Folkways
5: Clubbing by Treat
6: Clubbing by Collection
Pt. III: More Lore of the Barroom
7: Games and Gambling
8: Talk and Storytelling
9: Songs and Singing
10: The Free Lunch
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Subjects


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