Origins and Rise of the British Distillery
Details:
- Author(s) Harper, William T
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1999
- Pages 301pp; illus
- Publisher Edwin Mellen
- Place Published New York NY
Topics:
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account dealing with the history of distilling and the distilling industry from early times to the mid 18th century, largely in England and focusing on the century before c1750. Has chapters: 'Beginnings of distilling in Western antiquity'; 'Medieval spread of distilling'; 'Renaissance developments and promulgation'; 'The Stuart era - distilling emerges as a profession'; 'Early markets for British spirits'; 'Foreign competition and the rise of taxation'; 'English distilling in transition'; 'Triumph of the English distillers'; 'Growing market for British spirits'; 'Apex of the British distillery'; 'The new temperance onslaught'; 'Regulation and decline of the British distillery'