Liquid pleasures: a social history of drinks in modern Britain
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Main Author: Burnett, John 1925-2006 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 1999
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Water: The most useful and necessary part of the Creation'; 2. Milk: No finer investment'?; 3. Tea: the cup that cheers; 4. Coffee: I like coffee, I like tea . . .'; 5. Soft drinks: from cordial waters to Coca-Cola; 6. Beer: A moral species of beverage'; 7. Wine: Use a little wine . . .'; 8. Spirits: Water of Life'; Conspectus; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late 17th century to the present. Connecting drinks and related substances to empire as well, the book also covers the drinks revolution of the 1990s
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 254 pages)
ISBN:0203019857
0203170962
0415131812
0415131820
9780203019856
9780203170960
9780415131810
9780415131827

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