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Alcohol and Moral Regulation : Public Attitudes, Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers
Informed by historical research and sociological analysis, this book helps readers re-evaluate their understandings of British drinking culture. It is essential readying for students and academics.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ALCOHOL AND MORAL REGULATION; Contents; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Thinking about drinking; Introduction; The 'rational' explanation; The 'ebb and flow' of the drink problem; Moral regulation; Morality, regulation and moral regulation; Methods; 2. Temperance and teetotalism; Introduction; The 'second necessity of life'; Classical virtues and Georgian excesses; The 'temperance reformation'; The Beer Act 1830; Reflections; 3. Balancing acts or spirited measures?; Introduction; 'A new moralising subtext'; The split personality of Victorian temperance.
- Legal impacts of the temperance movementAttitudinal or heuristic impacts of the temperance movement; The legacy of the temperance movement; 4. The apogee of the temperance movement; Introduction; Drink as a national problem; Responses to war; Post-war: what now?; The apogee of the temperance movement; 5. An age of permissiveness?; Introduction; New frontiers, 1921-45; The growth of targeted regulation; Conclusion; 6. Alcohol, crime and disorder; Introduction; The narrative of deregulation; Acceptable in the 1980s?; The 'new culture of intoxication'
- The attitudinal heritage of Victorian temperanceConclusion; 7. Health, harm and risk; Introduction; Drink, health and moral health until the 1960s; Debates about alcohol and health, 2003-10; Good health!; 8. Conclusion: spirited measures and Victorian hangovers; Conspectus; Public attitudes and alcohol regulation; Alcohol and moral regulation; Moral inheritance; Bibliography; Primary sources; Books and chapters in edited collections; Journal articles; Official publications, other data sources and miscellany; List of statutes; List of cases; Index.