'Experiments in the social regulation of industry. Gin legislation, 1729-1751' in L Davison et al (eds), Stilling the Grumbling Hive, The response to social and economic problems in England, 1689-1750
Details:
- Author(s) Davison, Lee
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1992
- Pages pp25-48
- Publisher Alan Sutton Publishing
- Place Published Stroud
Topics:
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
- 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:
Deals with the responses to widespread concern over the excessive consumption of spirits through regulation of both their consumption and production - 'examines the forces at work in the adoption of this legislation and the problems associated with its implementation'