Alcohol and moral regulation : public attitudes, spirited measures and Victorian hangovers / [electronic resource]
Yeomans, Henry,author.
Alcohol consumption is frequently described as a contemporary, worsening and peculiarly British social problem that requires radical remedial regulation. Informed by historical research and sociological analysis, this book takes an innovative and refreshing look at how public attitudes and the regulation of alcohol have developed through time. It argues that, rather than a response to trends in consumption or harm, ongoing anxieties about alcohol are best understood as 'hangovers' derived, in particular, from the Victorian period. The product of several years of research, this book aims to help readers re-evaluate their understandings of drinking. As such, it is essential reading for students, academics and anyone with a serious interest in Britain's 'drink problem'.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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'
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.
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Alcohol consumption is frequently described as a contemporary, worsening and peculiarly British social problem that requires radical remedial regulation. Informed by historical research and sociological analysis, this book takes an innovative and refreshing look at how public attitudes and the regulation of alcohol have developed through time. It argues that, rather than a response to trends in consumption or harm, ongoing anxieties about alcohol are best understood as 'hangovers' derived, in particular, from the Victorian period. The product of several years of research, this book aims to help readers re-evaluate their understandings of drinking. As such, it is essential reading for students, academics and anyone with a serious interest in Britain's 'drink problem'.
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