
The History of Rum
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John Donoghue
Piña coladas. Mojitos. Hurricanes. Daiquiris. Mai tais.
Nothing makes a vacation like one of these delightful rum drinks, right? But whether blended with ice and fruit or sipped neatly from a glass tumbler, this sweet and fiery spirit brings with it a fascinating, complicated history that stretches back to colonial times of the 17th century in the Caribbean.
"The history of rum is a tale of both sweetness and sorrow," says historian John Donoghue of Loyola University, Chicago. And, as he puts it, "If told correctly, much like a good bottle of Jamaican overproof, it burns while it inspires."
Professor Donoghue does just that in the Audible Original The History of Rum. Blending politics and economics with culture and beverage appreciation, these 10 lessons reveal how the history of rum not only shaped the drinking culture of the early modern and modern worlds, but how it also helped determine the wider histories of piracy, slavery, abolition, and global capitalism.
Explore the invention of rum as a liquor so strong it was called "kill-devil". Discover classic colonial drinks like flip and stone fence. Meet the real Captain Morgan, who pillaged the Spanish Main for capital to build Jamaica's rum industry, and learn how rum played a crucial role in the early campaigns of George Washington. Chart rum's growing profitability in international markets, which spurred everything from the transatlantic African slave trade to the American Revolution.
Above all, enjoy a 10-lesson toast to 400 years of rum - in all its tragic glory.
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About the Creator and Performer
John Donoghue is a tenured professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches courses on colonial America, the United States, and the history of the Atlantic world. The author of numerous articles and books on early American and Atlantic history, Professor Donoghue has received over a dozen honors, awards, and fellowships for his teaching and scholarship, including Loyola University Chicago’s Master Teacher Award.
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eye opener
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The problem is the lecturer takes RUM and applies it to every event of the Colonial period as if RUM was the only thing that caused all these events. There is not a balanced look at how many factors interacted and contributed to the events of the time. No it was RUM and only RUM and if there had not been RUM the world would have become a paradise we all would have enjoyed.
Critical Race Theory via RUM
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The narrator, however, had a thoroughly bizarre way of reading some words. I don’t think it’s an ESL or an accent thing. I think he just says some words in a odd way, which I found distracting. I also found it weird that although this is supposed to be a professor narrating on a subject they are meant to be well-versed in, much of his reading felt like the first time he’d ever seen or read these words. Just…weird.
Interesting read, weird narration
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Fantastic
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Rum is a history of Colonial Enslavement
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The narration is a little slow, but I found listening at 1.10x speed hit the sweet spot.
informative!
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Very interesting...not what I was expecting.
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40 minutes of Rum, 5 hours of..
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