The Licensed City

The Licensed City

Author: David Beckingham

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1781384185

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In nineteenth-century Britain few cities could rival Liverpool for recorded drunkenness. The Licensed City examines the city’s reputation, the shifting definition and regulation of problem drinking, and the pivotal role played by social reform, targeted through alcohol licensing, in reshaping Liverpool’s dismal record.


The Licensed City

The Licensed City

Author: David Beckingham

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 178138343X

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In nineteenth-century Britain few cities could rival Liverpool for recorded drunkenness. The Licensed City examines the city's reputation, the shifting definition and regulation of problem drinking, and the pivotal role played by social reform, targeted through alcohol licensing, in reshaping Liverpool's dismal record.