Drink Maps in Victorian Britain
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2024
Bodleian Library (Verlag)
978-1-85124-578-9 (ISBN)
Bodleian Library (Verlag)
978-1-85124-578-9 (ISBN)
A fascinating exploration of the history of alcohol in Victorian Britain via the ‘drink maps’ that were produced by the temperance movement to promote sobriety.
What is a ‘drink map’? It may sound like a pub guide, yet it actually refers to a type of late nineteenth-century British map designed specifically to shock and shame people into drinking less.
This book explores how drink maps of particular cities were published in an attempt to fight increasingly rampant alcohol consumption, from Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield to Oxford, London and Norwich. Featuring red symbols to indicate where alcohol was sold, these special street maps were posted prominently in public places, submitted as evidence, sent to Members of Parliament and published in newspapers to show just how inebriated a neighbourhood could be. They promoted the message that having fewer places to buy alcohol was the answer to reducing widespread crime, poverty and sickness. And they worked – at first. After consulting a drink map in one town, judges decided to close half the licensed shops because even then no one had to walk more than two minutes to buy a beer.
Illustrated with original maps, advertisements and temperance propaganda, the story of their brief history is told amidst a tangle of licensing laws, rogue magistrates, irate brewers, ardent temperance organizers and accounts of the complex role alcohol played across all levels of Victorian society.
What is a ‘drink map’? It may sound like a pub guide, yet it actually refers to a type of late nineteenth-century British map designed specifically to shock and shame people into drinking less.
This book explores how drink maps of particular cities were published in an attempt to fight increasingly rampant alcohol consumption, from Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield to Oxford, London and Norwich. Featuring red symbols to indicate where alcohol was sold, these special street maps were posted prominently in public places, submitted as evidence, sent to Members of Parliament and published in newspapers to show just how inebriated a neighbourhood could be. They promoted the message that having fewer places to buy alcohol was the answer to reducing widespread crime, poverty and sickness. And they worked – at first. After consulting a drink map in one town, judges decided to close half the licensed shops because even then no one had to walk more than two minutes to buy a beer.
Illustrated with original maps, advertisements and temperance propaganda, the story of their brief history is told amidst a tangle of licensing laws, rogue magistrates, irate brewers, ardent temperance organizers and accounts of the complex role alcohol played across all levels of Victorian society.
Kris Butler is a lawyer, past president of the Boston Map Society and currently serves on the board of the Washington Map Society.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi i
ONE THE DRINK PROBLEM 1
TWO THE DRINK TRADE & THE LAW 25
THREE THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
LEVERAGES A LEGAL VICTORY 54
FOUR THE DRINK MAP BOOM 89
FIVE DRINK MAPS IN MANCHESTER
& NORWICH 113
SIX THE END OF THE DRINK MAP ERA 139
AFTERWORD KEEP ON THE LOOKOUT 161
APPENDIX DRINK MAPS BY LOCATION & DATE 163
NOTES 171
FURTHER READING 173
PICTURE CREDITS 176
INDEX 178
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2024 |
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Zusatzinfo | 50 Illustrations, color |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 176 x 228 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85124-578-2 / 1851245782 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85124-578-9 / 9781851245789 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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