Politics of Alcohol. A history of the drink question in England

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Deals with issues relating to consumption from the 16th century to the present day, dealing especially with regulation and market issues. Chapters include: 'A monstrous plant - alcohol and the Reformation'; 'Healths, toasts and pledges - political drinking in the seventeenth century'; 'A new kind of drunkeness - the gin craze'; 'The politics of sobriety - coffee and society in Georgian England'; 'A fascinating poison - early medical writing on drink'; 'Ungovernable passions - intoxication and Romanticism'; 'Odious monopolies - power, control and the 1830 Beer Act'; 'The last tyrant - the rise of temperance'; 'A monstrous theory - the politics of prohibition'; 'The state and the trade - the drink question at the turn of the century'; 'Central control - war and nationalism'; 'The study of inebriety - medicine and the law'; 'The pub and the people -drinking places and popular culture'; 'Prevention and health - alcohol and public health'; 'Beer orders - the changing landscape in the 1990s'; 'Drinking responsibly - media, government and binge drinking'; 'Conclusion - the drink question today'