Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard

AvThora Hands

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-22
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:195
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030065584

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Thora Hands completed her PhD in History at the University of Strathclyde and is currently a Lecturer in Social Sciences at City of Glasgow College, UK.

Recensioner i media

“Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain makes a fresh contribution to the discipline across numerous fields. Cheers to that.” (Lacey Sparks, Victorian Studies, Vol. 61 (4), 2019)

Innehållsförteckning

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.