The politics of alcohol [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the drink question in England / / James Nicholls

• Autore: Nicholls James <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 363.410942
• Soggetto topico: Drinking of alcoholic beverages - England - History; Drinking of alcoholic beverages - Social aspects - England; Liquor laws - England
• Soggetto non controllato: 24-hour licensing; alcohol; binge drinking; drinking; individual freedom; national identity; political philosophy; public policy; social risks; supermarkets
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of alcohol
• ISBN: 1-78170-275-6; 1-84779-332-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791920103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II