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Introduced from Holland after the glorious revolution, gin was meant to povide an economic boost for England's corn farmers. But instead gin-drinking reached epidemic proportions in the slums of London. Early eighteenth-century London was a violent and insecure town. Reformers soon blamed "Madame Geneva" for everything from social decay to rising crime and the collapse of families. Eight major acts were passed in an attempt to control it. This is the story of Madam Geneva's rise and fall, and the account takes us from the corridors of power to the cornfields of Norfolk, from the pulpits of the reformers to the tenements of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. With index.
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Introduced from Holland after the glorious revolution, gin was meant to povide an economic boost for England's corn farmers. But instead gin-drinking reached epidemic proportions in the slums of London. Early eighteenth-century London was a violent and insecure town. Reformers soon blamed "Madame Geneva" for everything from social decay to rising crime and the collapse of families. Eight major acts were passed in an attempt to control it. This is the story of Madam Geneva's rise and fall, and the account takes us from the corridors of power to the cornfields of Norfolk, from the pulpits of the reformers to the tenements of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. With index.
Forlag Review
Utgivelsesår 2002
Format Innbundet
ISBN13 9780747235453
EAN 9780747235453
Omtalt tid 1700-tallet
Omtalt sted Storbritannia
Språk Engelsk
Sider 354
Utgave 1
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