The licensed city : regulating drink in Liverpool, 1830-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beckingham, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	License system > England > Liverpool > History. Drinking of alcoholic beverages > England > Liverpool > History. Alcoholic beverages > Social aspects > England > Liverpool > History. Temperance > England > Liverpool > History.

Table of Contents:

Liverpool : the making of a licensed city
Liberty on license
Between teetotalism and free trade : the rise of temperance politics in Liverpool
Mapping drink : the spatial logic of social reform
Attacking the licensing system : the 'twin evils' of drunkenness and prostitution
Women and the public house
The reformed licensing system : slum clearance and social reform
'Liverpool's temperance lesson to the nation'? : the challenge of compensation
The licensed city at war
Conclusions : liberalism's local logic.