The politics of alcohol : a history of the drink question in England

The politics of alcohol a history of the drink question in England

Questions about drink - how it is used, how it should be regulated and the social risks it presents - have been a source of sustained and heated dispute in recent years. In The politics of alcohol, newly available in paperback, Nicholls puts these concerns in historical context by providing a detail...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nicholls, James, 1971- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press [2009]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > England > History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Social aspects > England.
Liquor laws > England.
24-hour licensing.
alcohol.
binge drinking.
drinking.
individual freedom.
national identity.
political philosophy.
public policy.
social risks.
supermarkets.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798332906719
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Summary:Questions about drink - how it is used, how it should be regulated and the social risks it presents - have been a source of sustained and heated dispute in recent years. In The politics of alcohol, newly available in paperback, Nicholls puts these concerns in historical context by providing a detailed and extensive survey of public debates on alcohol from the introduction of licensing in the mid-sixteenth century through to recent controversies over 24-hour licensing, binge drinking and the cheap sale of alcohol in supermarkets. In doing so, he shows that concerns over drinking have always bee.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781781702758
9781847793324

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