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

Publication subTitle ：A history of the drink question in England

Author： Nicholls James  

Publisher： Manchester University Press‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9781847793324

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780719086373

Subject： K5 European History

Keyword： 欧洲史

Language： ENG

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An accessible and critically illuminating guide to the social, political and cultural history of alcohol in England. Covering areas including law, public policy, medical thought, media representations and political philosophy, The politics of Alcohol will provide essential reading for anyone interested in either the history of alcohol consumption

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Introduction

1 A monstrous plant: alcohol and the Reformation

2 Healths, toasts and pledges: political drinking in the seventeenth century

3 A new kind of drunkenness: the gin craze

4 The politics of sobriety: coffee and society in Georgian England

5 A fascinating poison: early medical writing on drink

6 Ungovernable passions: intoxication and Romanticism

7 Odious monopolies: power, control and the 1830 Beer Act

8 The last tyrant: the rise of temperance

9 A monstrous theory:the politics of prohibition

10 The State and the trade: the drink question at the turn of the century

11 Central control: war and nationalisation

12 The study of inebriety: medicine and the law

13 The pub and the people: drinking places and popular culture

14 Prevention and health: alcohol and public health

15 Beer orders: the changing landscape in the 1990s

16 Drinking responsibly: media, government and binge drinking

Conclusion: the drink question today

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