Alcohol
By: Ann Manheimer, book editor.
Contributors: Manheimer, Ann.
Series: The history of drugs
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780737728415
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages -- History.; Alcoholic beverages -- Social aspects.; Drinking of alcoholic beverages.; Drinking customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of alcohol use in ancient history / David J. Hanson; title: Exploring the beers and wines of antiquity; title: Drinking patterns of ancient Egypt / Abdel Monheim Ashour; title: The campaign against distilled spirits in Europe / Patrick Dillon; title: The gin craze of eighteenth-century England / Jessica Warner; title: Alcohol in Charles Dickens' Hard times / Edward Hewett and W.F. Axton; title: Trading alcohol for votes in colonial times / Eric Burns; title: The early temperance crusade / Eliza Daniel Stewart.