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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957660203321

Autore

Vleugels An

Titolo

Narratives of drunkenness : Belgium, 1830-1914 / / An Vleugels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Pickering & Chatto, 2013

ISBN

1-315-65501-2

1-317-32079-4

1-317-32080-8

1-84893-333-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Perspectives in economic and social history ; ; no. 25

Disciplina

362.2920949309034

Soggetti

Alcoholism - Social aspects - Belgium - History - 19th century

Alcoholism - Social aspects - Belgium - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; Part I: Drunkenness and the People; Drunken Farmers; Drunkenness and the Working Classes; Drunkenness and the Middle Classes; Drunkenness and the Upper Classes; Drunkenness in the Colony; Part II: The Politics of Drunkenness; Laissez Faire, Laissez Buver: 1830-86; Catholics, Liberals, Socialists: Change and Drink: 1880-9; Remedying Dangerousness: 1889-1914; Part III: Drunkenness and its Specialists ; Hygienists; Alienists; Criminal Anthropologists; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on Belgium from the mid-nineteenth century until the First World War, Vleugels presents a study of the drunkard in society. Shifting attitudes and medical debates are documented and analysed within the context of wider social and political change. The study is unique in offering a social history of Belgium through the lens of drunkenness, and in its focus on the role of drink in the formation of class, gender and national identities.