Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason - Brossura

Warner, Dr Jessica

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ISBN 10: 1861976011 ISBN 13: 9781861976017

Casa editrice: Profile Books Ltd, 2004

Riassunto

An intimate, irreverent history of the 'gin craze' in eighteenth-century London 'Gin took London by storm in the first half of the 18th century. It 'was the original urban drug,' says Warner in this intriguing slice of social history. 'Cheap, potent, and readily available,' it aided London's poor in escaping the wretchedness of their lives and was considered a public menace by Daniel Defoe and Samuel Johnson. (Hogarth's famous print Gin Lane imagined a nightmarish world destroyed by a demonic drink.) Warner gives us the whole story of gin: where it came from (Holland), who drank it (a large percentage were women), how it was perceived (as a threat to the nation), and how legislative efforts to curb consumption fared (badly).

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L'autore:

Jessica Warner is the author of Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason. Born and raised in Washington DC, she is a graduate of Princeton and Yale. She is an assistant professor at Toronto University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Profile Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1861976011
• ISBN 13: 9781861976017
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288