LEADER 03812nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910465624303321 005 20210803172221.0 010 $a1-78170-275-6 010 $a1-84779-332-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085820 035 $a(EBL)1069610 035 $a(OCoLC)818847351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712826 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12249043 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712826 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10650331 035 $a(PQKB)10942343 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086955 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069610 035 $a(OCoLC)934664110 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78038 035 $a(OCoLC)1132228841 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1934237 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069610 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623403 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843528 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1934237 035 $a(OCoLC)930802138 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085820 100 $a20100203d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of alcohol$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the drink question in England /$fJames Nicholls 210 1$aManchester, U.K. ;$aNew York :$cManchester University Press ,$c [2009] 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-8637-X 311 $a0-7190-7705-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 0 $aQuestions 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. 606 $aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$xSocial aspects$zEngland 606 $aLiquor laws$zEngland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$xHistory. 615 0$aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$xSocial aspects 615 0$aLiquor laws 676 $a363.410942 700 $aNicholls$b James$f1971-$01047983 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465624303321 996 $aThe politics of alcohol$92475936 997 $aUNINA