The politics of alcohol : a history of the drink question in England / / James Nicholls
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| Autore: |
Nicholls James <1971->
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| Titolo: |
The politics of alcohol : a history of the drink question in England / / James Nicholls
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , [2009] |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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.: | 9910818801803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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