Abstract
Introduction 1. A monstrous plant: acohol and the Reformation 2. Healths, toasts and pledges: political drinking in the seventeenth century 3. A new kind of drunkenness: the gin craze 4. The politics of sobriety: coffee and politics in Georgian England 5. A fascinating poison: early medical writing on drink 6. Ungovernable passions: intoxication and Romanticism 7. Odious monopolies: power, control and the 1830 Beer Act 8. The last tyrant: the rise of temperance 9. A monstrous theory: the politics of prohibition 10. The state and the trade: the drink question at the turn of the century 10. Central control: war and nationalisation 11. The study of inebriety: medicine and the law 12. The pub and the people: drinking places and popular culture 13. Prevention and health: alcohol and public health 14. Beer orders: the changing landscape in the 1990s 15. Drinking responsibly: media, government and binge drinking Conclusion: the drink question today Index -- .
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