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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820984303321

Titolo

Biographies of drink : a case study approach to our historical relationship with alcohol / / edited by Mark Hailwood and Deborah Toner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

ISBN

1-4438-7503-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

394.13

Soggetti

Alcohol - Social aspects - History

Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Social aspects - History

Alcoholic beverage industry - History

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.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""PART II""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""PART IV""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""

Sommario/riassunto

The burgeoning field of drinking studies, often ranging across and between disciplinary boundaries, explores the place of alcohol in human societies from a very diverse range of perspectives. Whilst some scholars have examined the cultural meanings and social practices associated with alcohol consumption, and its relationship to various forms of identity and community formation, others have focused on attempts to regulate or tax it, its role as a trade commodity, or its medical and psychological effects on consumers. The sheer diversity of issues upon which the study of alcohol and drinking ca