A history of drinking : the Scottish pub since 1700 / Anthony Cooke.

A social history of Scottish drinking and drinking establishments. What did Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Dorothy Wordsworth, James Hogg and Robert Southey have in common? They all toured Scotland and left accounts of their experiences in Scottish inns, ale houses, taverns and hotels. Similarly, po...

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Online Access:Electronic book from JSTOR
Main Author: Cooke, Anthony, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction A History of Drinking: The Scottish Pub since 1700
  • 2 'Bousing at the Nappy': Scottish Pubs and Changing Drinking Patterns, 1700-90
  • 3 'Politeness and Agreeable Conviviality': Scottish Pubs and Increasing Social Segregation, 1790-1830
  • 4 'People's Palaces': Urbanisation, Temperance and Responses, 1830-1914
  • 5 'Serious Attacks on the Trade': The Two World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914-45
  • 6 'A Place of Rules and Rituals': Austerity and Regulation, Liberalisation and Change, 1945 to the present
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 An Author's Dozen (plus three)
  • Appendix 2 Which is the Oldest Pub in Scotland?
  • Appendix 3 Map of Scotland Showing Locations of Pubs, Taverns and Hotels in Appendices 1 and 2 and in the List of Illustrations
  • Bibliography
  • Index.