History of Drinking

Anthony Cooke is a retired Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education at Dundee University. His most recent book was The Rise and Fall of the Scottish Cotton Industry, 1778-1914, (Manchester University Press, 2010) and he has contributed many articles to journals such as the Journal of Scottish Historical Studies. He was also an editor on the five volume series, Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present, (Tuckwell Press, East Linton, 1998).From the APF:I am a retired Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education from Dundee University and was Historical Consultant to Historic Scotland on the restoration of Stanley Mills, Perthshire. I have published books and articles on the Scottish cotton industry, on Glasgow West India merchants and on popular enlightenment. I co-edited the five volume series Modern Scottish History. 1707 to the Present (1998), published for the Dundee University/Open University distance learning course.

Provides a much needed examination of the Scottish pub, a subject that has been neglected for far too long. Primary sources, especially accounts by those that visited pubs over the 300 year period covered by the study, offer interesting and informative insights. Furthermore, the author’s analysis is backed up by a good use of statistics and the book is well illustrated throughout. What one takes away after reading this book is how important the pub is for the author and not just on an intellectual level, his genuine affection for this Scottish institution is obvious.'

• Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - ‘Bousing at the nappy’ – Scottish pubs and changing drinking patterns, 1700-1790; Chapter 3 - ‘Politeness and agreeable conviviality’ – Scottish Pubs and Increasing Social Segregation, 1790-1830; Chapter 4 - ‘People’s Palaces’ – Urbanisation, temperance and responses, 1830-1914; Chapter 5 - ‘Serious Attacks on the Trade’ - The Two World Wars and the Inter-War Period, 1914-1945; Chapter 6 - ‘A place of rules and rituals’ – Austerity and Regulation, Liberalisation and Change, 1945 to the Present; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Index.