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Liquid pleasures : a social history of drinks in modern Britain / John Burnett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203170962
  • 9780203170960
  • 0203019857
  • 9780203019856
  • 0415131812
  • 9780415131810
  • 0415131820
  • 9780415131827
  • 9781134788804
  • 1134788800
  • 9781134788750
  • 1134788754
  • 9781134788798
  • 1134788797
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liquid pleasures.DDC classification:
  • 641.2/0941 21
LOC classification:
  • TX815 .B87 1999eb
Other classification:
  • 49.27
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.

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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.

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