1st Edition

Narratives of Drunkenness Belgium, 1830–1914

By An Vleugels Copyright 2013
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    Focusing on Belgium from the mid-nineteenth century until the First World War, Vleugels presents a study of the drunkard in society.

    Introduction; Part 1 Drunkenness and the People; Chapter 1 Drunken Farmers; Chapter 2 Drunkenness and the Working Classes; Chapter 3 Drunkenness and the Middle Classes; Chapter 4 Drunkenness and the Upper Classes; Chapter 5 Drunkenness in the Colony; Part 2 The Politics of Drunkenness; Chapter 6 Laissez Faire, Laissez Buver: 1830–86; Chapter 7 Catholics, Liberals, Socialists: Change and Drink: 1880–9; Chapter 8 Remedying Dangerousness: 1889–1914; Part 3 Drunkenness and its Specialists; Chapter 9 Hygienists; Chapter 10 Alienists; Chapter 11 Criminal Anthropologists; conclusion Conclusion;

    Biography

    Vleugels, An