| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. Water: The most useful and necessary part of the Creation'; 2. Milk: No finer investment'?; 3. Tea: the cup that cheers; 4. Coffee: I like coffee, I like tea . . .'; 5. Soft drinks: from cordial waters to Coca-Cola; 6. Beer: A moral species of beverage'; 7. Wine: Use a little wine . . .'; 8. Spirits: Water of Life'; Conspectus; Notes; Select bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late 17th century to the present. Connecting drinks and related substances to empire as well, the book also covers the drinks revolution of the 1990s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Beverages -- Great Britain -- History.
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Beverages. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Beverages -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Beverages -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burnett, John, 1925-2006. Liquid pleasures. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 0415131812 (DLC) 98054588 (OCoLC)40480215 |
| ISBN |
0203170962 (electronic book) |
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9780203170960 (electronic book) |
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0203019857 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203019856 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0415131812 (hardbound) |
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9780415131810 (hardbound) |
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0415131820 (paperback) |
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9780415131827 (paperback) |
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