Pubs and Patriots
The Drink Crisis in Britain during World War One
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
272 pages
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20 halftones
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6 x 9
Pubs and Patriotstells the fascinating story of the loathed-by-most Central Control Board (CCB), which was charged with controlling alcohol consumption in Britain during the first World War. With concern rising during the war that boozing at home was having a detrimental effect on the military front, politicians were faced with the possibility of imposing an alcohol prohibition. Deemed far too extreme, they opted instead to create the CCB, who would be responsible for one of the most radical and unique experiments in alcohol control ever conducted in Britain. By examining the control of a central civilian pastime during war years,Pubs and Patriots provides an unconventional but illuminating way of approaching one of the most significant events of the twentieth century.
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 A Tale of Temperance and Drink 1870—1914
2 Vodka, Absinthe and Drunkenness on Britain’s Streets in 1914: A Tale of Fear and Exaggeration?
3 Best Laid Plans? Lloyd George and the Drink Question
4 Restrictive or Constructive? The Early Stages of the Central Control Board
5 The Carlisle Experiment: Lord D’Abernon’s ‘Model Farm’
6 ‘Helping our weaker sisters to go straight’: Women and Drink during the War
7 Reforming the Working Man
8 State Purchase and the Waning of the Central Control Board
Conclusion: The End of the Central Control Board
Select Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 A Tale of Temperance and Drink 1870—1914
2 Vodka, Absinthe and Drunkenness on Britain’s Streets in 1914: A Tale of Fear and Exaggeration?
3 Best Laid Plans? Lloyd George and the Drink Question
4 Restrictive or Constructive? The Early Stages of the Central Control Board
5 The Carlisle Experiment: Lord D’Abernon’s ‘Model Farm’
6 ‘Helping our weaker sisters to go straight’: Women and Drink during the War
7 Reforming the Working Man
8 State Purchase and the Waning of the Central Control Board
Conclusion: The End of the Central Control Board
Select Bibliography
Index
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