Policy Press

Alcohol and Moral Regulation

Public Attitudes, Spirited Measures and Victorian Hangovers

By Henry Yeomans

Published

Jun 18, 2014

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447309932

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 18, 2014

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447323471

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 18, 2014

Page count

256 pages

ISBN

978-1447323488

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
Alcohol and Moral Regulation

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’.

Thinking about drinking;

Temperance and teetotalism;

Balancing act or spirited measures?;

The apogee of the temperance movement;

An age of permissiveness;

Alcohol, crime and disorder;

Health, harm and risk;

Conclusion: spirited measures and Victorian hangovers.