Tavern of two oceans: Alcohol, taxes and leases in the seventeenth-century Dutch world

The retail of alcohol was so central to the economy and society of the Cape of Good Hope during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that it earned the nickname “tavern of two oceans”. This retail business was organised on the so- called lease or monopoly (pacht) system whereby a person paid the...

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Main Author: Gerald Groenewald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2015-11-01
Series:Contree
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Online Access:https://newcontree.org.za/index.php/nc/article/view/164