Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard

This open access book surveys drinking in Britain between the Licensing Act of 1869 and the wartime regulations imposed on alcohol production and consumption after 1914. This was a period marked by the expansion of the drink industry and by increasingly restrictive licensing laws. Politics and comme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Hands, Thora. author (author)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Cham Springer Nature 2018 Cham : 2018.
Edición:	1st ed. 2018.
Materias:	Great Britain—History. Social history. Medicine—History. Ethnology—Europe. History of Britain and Ireland. Social History. History of Medicine. British Culture. History Great Britain—History Social history Medicine—History Ethnology—Europe
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430275606719

Tabla de Contenidos:

Chapter 1 Introduction Reframing Drink and the Victorians
Section 1: Drinkers
Chapter 2 The Spectre of the Drunkard
Chapter 3 The Great Army of Drinkers
Chapter 4 The Secret Army of Drinkers
Chapter 5 Testing ‘the character of drink’
Section 2: Drinks
Chapter 5 Promoting the Ideals of Empire: Bass & Co. Ltd
Chapter 6 Making Scotch Respectable: Buchanan & Walker
Chapter 7 Selling the illusion of the Brand: W & A Gilbey
Section 3: Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
Chapter 8 Doctor’s Orders: A Prescription to Drink
Chapter 9 Drinking for Health: Proprietary Tonic Wines
Chapter 10 Neither Carnival nor Lent: Working Class Drinking Culture
Chapter 11 The Drinking Culture of the Higher Classes
Chapter 12 Conclusions.-Appendix 1.

Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard

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