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Author Campbell, Robert A., 1952-

Title Sit down and drink your beer : regulating Vancouver's beer parlours, 1925-1954 / Robert A. Campbell.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, [2001]
©2001
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Description 1 online resource (x, 185 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in gender and history.
Studies in gender and history.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index.
Contents Introduction: Regulating Public Drinking -- Ch. 1. The Genesis of the Beer Parlour -- Ch. 2. Operators and Workers: The Ties That Bind -- Ch. 3. Ladies and Escorts: Regulating and Negotiating Gender and Sexuality -- Ch. 4. Appearance and Performance: Creating and Regulating the Unwanted -- Ch. 5. Reconfiguring Decency in the 1950s: The Politics of Regulation -- Conclusion: Managing the Marginal.
Summary Campbell argues that the regulation of the environment of the classic beer parlour, rather than being an example of social control, is best understood as moral regulation and part of a process of normalization.
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Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
British Columbia -- Vancouver.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Bars (Drinking establishments) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Drinking customs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
Drinking customs.
Liquor laws -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
Liquor laws.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1925-1954.
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Livres numériques.
Other Form: Print version: Campbell, Robert A., 1952- Sit down and drink your beer. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2001 9780802048547 (DLC) 2001269538 (OCoLC)44943661
ISBN 9781442679986 (electronic book)
1442679980 (electronic book)
0802048544 (bound)
0802083773 (paperback)
9780802048547
9780802083777

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