Work

Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Year: 2018

Type: book

Abstract: This open access book surveys drinking in Britain between the Licensing Act of 1869 and the wartime regulations imposed on alcohol production and consumption after 1914 and investigates the reasons why Victorians & Edwardians consumed alcohol in the ways that they did.

Source: Springer eBooks

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92964-4

Author: Thora Hands

Institution: City of Glasgow College

Language: English

Topic: Historical Economic and Social Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Wellcome Trust

Award: Reframing Drink and the Victorians: The Consumption of Alcohol in Britain 1869-1914