Biographies of drink : a case study approach to our historical relationship with alcohol

255 Pages·2015·5.53 MB·English

by  Toner

Biographies of Drink

Biographies of Drink
A Case Study Approach to our
Historical Relationship with
Alcohol
Edited by
Mark Hailwood and Deborah Toner
Biographies of Drink:
A Case Study Approach to our Historical Relationship with Alcohol

Edited by Mark Hailwood and Deborah Toner

This book first published 2015

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK

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Copyright © 2015 by Mark Hailwood, Deborah Toner and contributors

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ISBN (10): 1-4438-7155-9
ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-7155-6
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................. vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ ix
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1
THE“BIOGRAPHIES OF DRINK”APPROACH
DEBORAH TONER AND MARK HAILWOOD
PARTI:BIOGRAPHIES OF DRINK AND SOCIETY
CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................... 14
THEBARFLY'SDREAM:TAVERNS AND REFORM IN THE EARLY MODERN
ITALIAN CITY
DAVIDROSENTHAL
CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................... 30
“GRASPING A NETTLE”:THE 1904LICENSING ACT
PAULJENNINGS
CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................ 49
“LUBRICATION IN MODERATION”:CULTURALLY LOCATING YEANCIENT
ORDER OF FROTHBLOWERS
DAVIDMUGGLETON
PARTII:BIOGRAPHIES OF DRINK AND MATERIALCULTURE
CHAPTER FOUR .......................................................................................... 72
“DON’T BE THIRSTY!”WINEBEAKERS WITH DRINKING MOTTOS
INROMAN BRITAIN
SHAUNA.MUDD
CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................... 100
MORETHAN JUST A SHOP THAT SELLS BEER?JDWETHERSPOON
AND THE PUBAUTHENTICITY-VALUEAESTHETIC
CHRISTOPHER ROUNTREE ANDRUPERT ACKROYD
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PARTIII:BIOGRAPHIES OF DRINK AND THE NATION
CHAPTER SIX ............................................................................................ 138
WINE AND IDENTITY IN POLAND FROM THE LATE SEVENTEENTH
TO THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
DOROTADIAS-LEWANDOWSKA
CHAPTER SEVEN ...................................................................................... 158
MIRRORS OF ALCOHOLISM:NATION,SELF AND MODERNITY
INFIN-DE-SIÈCLE MEXICAN LITERATURE
DEBORAH TONER
PARTIV:BIOGRAPHIES OF DRINK AND THE INDIVIDUAL
CHAPTER EIGHT ....................................................................................... 184
DISTINGUISHED MEN:RESPECTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN WHISKY
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE AFRICANAMERICANCONSUMER
ROCHELLE PEREIRA
CHAPTER NINE ......................................................................................... 204
DRINK,DISSOLUTION,ANTIBIOGRAPHY:THEEXISTENTIAL DRINKER
STEVENEARNSHAW
CONTRIBUTORS ........................................................................................ 223
BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................... 226
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
All of the below are the chapter author's own photographs unless
otherwise stated.
Figure 1: Mr Bert Temple and Sir Alfred Fripp (by kind permission of
Richard Temple)
Figure 2: AOFB Badges (by kind permission of Bob Oliver)
Figure 3: Two Trier Black-Slipped beakers (Colchester Castle Museum;
RIB, 2.6.2498.20, 23.)
Figure 4: The Princess Louise, Holborn, London
Figure 5: The Princess Louise
Figure 6: The Coal Hole, The Strand, London
Figure 7: The Coal Hole
Figure 8: The Colton Arms, Greyhound Road, London
Figure 9: The Shakespeare’s Head, Kingsway, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 10: The Penderel’s Oak, High Holborn, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 11: The Capitol, London Rd, Forest Hill, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 12: The Liberty Bounds, Tower Hill, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 13: J D Wetherspoon’s, O2 Centre, Finchley Road, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 14: The William Stanley, High St, South Norwood, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 15: The Pommelers Rest, Tower Bridge Road, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 16: The Gatehouse, North Rd, Highgate, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 17: The Angel, Islington High St, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 18: The Moon and Stars, High St, Penge, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 19: The Green Man, Poultry, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 20: The Capitol
Figure 21: The Counting House, St Vincent Place, Glasgow (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 22: The Ice Wharf, Suffolk Wharf, Camden Town, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
viii List of Illustrations
Figure 23: The Shakespeare’s Head
Figure 24: The Shakespeare’s Head
Figure 25: The Ice Wharf
Figure 26: The Half Moon, Mile End Rd, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 27: The White Swan, Upper St, Islington, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 28: The Sir John Oldcastle, Farringdon Rd, London (J D
Wetherspoon)
Figure 29: The Shakespeare’s Head
Figure 30: The Coronet, Holloway Rd, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 31: The Drum, Lea Bridge Rd, Leyton, London (J D Wetherspoon)
Figure 32: Le café de nuit (1888) (by kind permission of Yale University
Art Gallery. Bequest of Stephen Carlton Clark, B. A., 1903) – See
Centerfold
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This volume is the culmination of a conversation that began at a
conference organized by the editors at the University of Warwick in 2013,
entitled “Biographies of Drink: Case Studies of Approaches to Drinking
Studies.” We would like to thank the Economic History Society and the
Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Warwick for supporting
the event. The help and assistance of Ros Lucas and Matthew Jackson
were particularly invaluable. We would also like to thank all of the
participants in that conference for making it such a stimulating event, and
the members of the Warwick Drinking Studies Network for their ongoing
engagement in our events and activities.