04168nam 2200817 a 450 991081880180332120230120032735.01-78170-275-61-84779-332-0(CKB)2560000000085820(EBL)1069610(OCoLC)818847351(SSID)ssj0000712826(PQKBManifestationID)12249043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712826(PQKBWorkID)10650331(PQKB)10942343(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086955(OCoLC)934664110(MdBmJHUP)muse78038(OCoLC)1132228841(Au-PeEL)EBL1069610(CaPaEBR)ebr10623403(CaONFJC)MIL843528(Au-PeEL)EBL1934237(OCoLC)930802138(MiAaPQ)EBC1069610(MiAaPQ)EBC1934237(DE-B1597)658973(DE-B1597)9781847793324(EXLCZ)99256000000008582020100203d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe politics of alcohol[electronic resource] a history of the drink question in England /James NichollsManchester, U.K. ;New York :Manchester University Press ,[2009]1 online resourceDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-8637-X 0-7190-7705-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A monstrous plant: alcohol and the Reformation -- 2 Healths, toasts and pledges: political drinking in the seventeenth century -- 3 A new kind of drunkenness: the gin craze -- 4 The politics of sobriety: coffee and society in Georgian England -- 5 A fascinating poison: early medical writing on drink -- 6 Ungovernable passions: intoxication and Romanticism -- 7 Odious monopolies: power, control and the 1830 Beer Act -- 8 The last tyrant: the rise of temperance -- 9 A monstrous theory:the politics of prohibition -- 10 The State and the trade: the drink question at the turn of the century -- 11 Central control: war and nationalisation -- 12 The study of inebriety: medicine and the law -- 13 The pub and the people: drinking places and popular culture -- 14 Prevention and health: alcohol and public health -- 15 Beer orders: the changing landscape in the 1990s -- 16 Drinking responsibly: media, government and binge drinking -- Conclusion: the drink question today -- Bibliography -- Index.Questions about drink - how it is used, how it should be regulated and the social risks it presents - have been a source of sustained and heated dispute in recent years. In The politics of alcohol, newly available in paperback, Nicholls puts these concerns in historical context by providing a detailed and extensive survey of public debates on alcohol from the introduction of licensing in the mid-sixteenth century through to recent controversies over 24-hour licensing, binge drinking and the cheap sale of alcohol in supermarkets. In doing so, he shows that concerns over drinking have always bee.Drinking of alcoholic beveragesEnglandHistoryDrinking of alcoholic beveragesSocial aspectsEnglandLiquor lawsEngland24-hour licensing.alcohol.binge drinking.drinking.individual freedom.national identity.political philosophy.public policy.social risks.supermarkets.Drinking of alcoholic beveragesHistory.Drinking of alcoholic beveragesSocial aspectsLiquor laws363.410942Nicholls James1971-1612855MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818801803321The politics of alcohol3941854UNINA