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| Preface Introduction Rum: The Global Spirit with Its Heart in the Caribbean Part I: Origins - "A Hot Hellish Liquor" 1. What Is It, Where Is It? 2. Sugar: The Seed of Rum 3. The Caribbean Connection: Preparing the Ground 4. Barbados, the Birthplace of Rum Part II: Rum in the Americas: The Spirit of 1776 5. Early Settlers 6. Thirsty Saints 7. The Spirit of Celebration 8. The Fishy Side of Rum 9. The Great Spirit's Appointed Means 10. The Caribbean, Rum, and Imperial Liquidity 11. Blame the French 12. No Texation! 13. Seven Years That Changed the World 14. After the War Was Over 15. Fast Run to Revolution: The Spirit of 1776 16. Rum and the Doctors Part III: Rolling Around the World 17. High Spirits 18. Rum, Buggery, and the Lash: The Navy and Rum 19. Rum Around the World 20. Voodoo Spirit: Haiti 21. Cuba Libre! 22. Prohibition and the End of the Heroic Age of Rum? |
