Crusade against drink in victorian england
Auteur :
Shiman, Lilian Lewis
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9780333408865
Date de publication :
6 avr. 1988
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drink, 'the curse of Britain', was sweeping the land, or so it seemed to many Englishmen in the early decades of the nineteenth century. A 'moderation' temperance reform organized in 1829 largely under middle class auspices soon gave way to a radical commitment to total abstinence in a great variety of worker self-help groups.