Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain : : Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard.

• Author: Hands, Thora.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Reframing Drink and the Victorians -- Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard -- Part I Drinkers -- Chapter 2 The Spectre of the Drunkard -- The Legislative Jigsaw -- The Problems of Promoting a 'Happiness Inducing Business' -- Chapter 3 The Great Army of Drinkers -- 'Is There Anything Among the Working Classes Like a Moderate Drinker'? -- Chapter 4 The Secret Army of Drinkers -- Chapter 5 Testing the 'Character of Drink' -- Part II Drinks -- Chapter 6 Selling 'the Drink of the Empire': Bass &amp -- Co. Ltd -- Chapter 7 Making Scotch Respectable: Buchanan and Walker -- Chapter 8 Selling the 'Illusion' of the Brand: W &amp -- A Gilbey -- Part III Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain -- Chapter 9 Doctor's Orders: A Prescription to Drink -- Alcohol Use in Hospitals and Asylums -- Chapter 10 Drinking for Health: Proprietary Tonic Wines -- Chapter 11 Neither Carnival nor Lent: Everyday Working Class Drinking -- Chapter 12 The Drinking Cultures of the Higher Classes -- Guardians of Taste: The Drinking Culture of Victorian Gentlemen's Clubs -- Chapter 13 Conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.