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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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Vydání: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9783319929644 |
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Obsah:
- 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.