Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain : : Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard.
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Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018. Ã2018. |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
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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 &
- Co. Ltd
- Chapter 7 Making Scotch Respectable: Buchanan and Walker
- Chapter 8 Selling the 'Illusion' of the Brand: W &
- 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.