Alcohol in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions

A Cultural History of Alcohol in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolutions provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of alcohol from 1750 to 1850. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars, this volume covers the production and consumption of alcohol and its cultural meaning in societies globally. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus, covering production and trade, sites and patterns of consumption, and the medical and cultural attributes of alcohol.