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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806943803321

Autore

Campbell Robert A. <1952->

Titolo

Sit down and drink your beer : regulating Vancouver's beer parlours, 1925-1954 / / Robert A. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-03384-0

9786612033841

1-4426-7998-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Studies in Gender and History

Disciplina

363.4/1/0971133

Soggetti

Drinking of alcoholic beverages - British Columbia - Vancouver - History - 20th century

Bars (Drinking establishments) - British Columbia - Vancouver - History - 20th century

Drinking customs - British Columbia - Vancouver - History - 20th century

Liquor laws - British Columbia - Vancouver - History - 20th century

Livres numeriques.

History

e-books.

Electronic books.

Vancouver British Columbia

British Columbia Vancouver

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Regulating Public Drinking -- Ch. 1. The Genesis of the Beer Parlour -- Ch. 2. Operators and Workers: The Ties That Bind -- Ch. 3. Ladies and Escorts: Regulating and Negotiating Gender and Sexuality -- Ch. 4. Appearance and Performance: Creating and Regulating the Unwanted -- Ch. 5. Reconfiguring Decency in the 1950s: The Politics of Regulation -- Conclusion: Managing the Marginal.



Sommario/riassunto

Campbell argues that the regulation of the environment of the classic beer parlour, rather than being an example of social control, is best understood as moral regulation and part of a process of normalization.