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British Politics, Society and Empire, 1852-1945

Essays in Honour of Trevor O. Lloyd

By: David W. Gutzke

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British Politics, Society and Empire, 1852-1945

Essays in Honour of Trevor O. Lloyd

By: David W. Gutzke

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Trevor O. Lloyd as teacher, scholar, mentor and friend -- 2 Introduction -- 3 A party for 'peers and parsons?' The social composition of the Irish Conservative party and its electoral consequences, 1852-68 -- 4 Florence Nightingale reconsidered as the founder of modern nursing -- 5 Britain, muckraking and transnational exchanges -- 6 Politics and the social sphere: the Primrose League during the First World War -- 7 Baldwin's Empire: Canada 1927 -- 8 Experiences of British prisoners of war in the Far East: death and their relatives at home from 1942 -- A bibliography: Trevor O. Lloyd -- Index

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Taylor & Francis

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1315387131

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John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870–1930

By: David W. Gutzke

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John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870–1930

By: David W. Gutzke

At the center of sweeping change to food retailing practices in Victorian and Edwardian England lies one man: John Pearce. An innovative businessman and a quintessential rags-to-riches success story, Pearce was at the forefront of the rise of the mass food market in London. With his catering company Pearce & Plenty, he fed millions of workers who wanted fast, nutritious, and tasty food. David W. Gutzke mines a wide range of primary sources to offer a portrait of a pivotal figure in London and a leader of the temperance catering movement who had “done more than can be readily recognised to render London a sober city.” By studying Pearce’s companies as well as those of his competitors, this book documents a half century of changing consumption habits in London.

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Springer Nature

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3030270955

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9783030270957

Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

By: David Gutzke

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Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

By: David Gutzke

Given recent media coverage of women’s drinking habits, it is surprising that a topic of such interest has not produced a comprehensive examination. This book provides not just a survey spanning a century of momentous change, but integrates diverse sources with concepts to offer a new understanding of the changing nature of women’s drinking patterns. It challenges traditional assumptions and offers original interpretations about the diverse factors influencing women’s consumption of alcohol, including advertising, moral panics, sexism, legislative initiatives, employment, age, ethnicity, technology, new drinking venues and marketing strategies. What most influenced how women transformed their consumption of alcohol? What beverages did they drink? To what extent did women themselves act as agents of change? These and other questions serve as the basis for analysing women’s drinking patterns from a social and cultural perspective. Close attention is also paid to the image of drinking projected in advertising, the mass media and films.

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Manchester University Press

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1526112426

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9781526112422

The Mystique of Running the Public House in England

Quest for El Dorado, 1840-1939

By: David W. Gutzke

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The Mystique of Running the Public House in England

Quest for El Dorado, 1840-1939

By: David W. Gutzke

This book is the first scholarly study to explore economic relations between brewers and publicans in the brewing industry over a century. Based on overlooked historical evidence, this volume examines over 400 interviews with candidates for public houses, unpublished evidence of royal commissions heard in secrecy, representations of publicans in fiction and film and systematic reading of 15 licensed victuallers’ newspapers. The Mystique of Running the Public House in England situates licensed victualling among upper-working- and lower-middle-class occupations in England and abroad. This book explores why aspiring but untrained individuals sought public house tenancies, notwithstanding high levels of turnovers and numerous bankruptcies among licensed victuallers. Encapsulated in any newcomer’s appraisal was the captivating vision of El Dorado, a nirvana which promised unimaginable wealth, high social status, respectability and social mobility as rewards for those limited in income but not in ambition. Despite the allure of El Dorado, the likelihood of publicans realizing their aspirations was quite as remote as that of fish and chip proprietors, Blackpool landladies and French café proprietors. This volume will be of great value to students and scholars alike interested in British History, Economic History and Social and Cultural History.

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Taylor & Francis

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104003330X

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9781040033302

The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

Drinking, Driving and Dancing, 1925-1955

By: David W. Gutzke,Michael John Law

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The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

Drinking, Driving and Dancing, 1925-1955

By: David W. Gutzke,Michael John Law

This is the first book to examine the cultural phenomenon of the roadhouse in mid 20th-century Britain and its impact on British leisure. The term 'roadhouse' was used in varied ways in the 1930s, from small roadside tearooms to enormous establishments on the outskirts of major cities. These roadhouses were an important component in the transformation of leisure in the 1930s and beyond, reflecting the increased levels of social and physical mobility brought about by new technologies, suburbanisation and the influence of American culture. Roadhouses attracted wealthy Londoners excited by the prospect of a high-speed run into the countryside. During the day, they offered family activities such as tennis, archery, horse riding and swimming. At night, they provided all the fun of the West End with dancing, classy restaurants, cabaret, swimsuit parades and dance demonstrations, subverting the licensing laws to provide all-night drinking. Rumours abounded of prostitution and transgressive behaviour in the car park. Roadhouses formed part of an imaginary America in suburban Britain that was promoted by the popularity of American movies, music and fiction, providing a pastiche of the American country club. While much work has been done on the Soho nightclubs of the 1930s, the roadhouse has been largely ignored. Michael John Law and David Gutzke fill this gap in the literature by providing a comprehensive analysis of the roadhouse's cultural meaning, demonstrating how its Americanisation was interpreted for British consumers. This original and engaging study will be fascinating reading for all scholars of 20th-century British cultural history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474294510

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9781474294515

The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George

By: David M. Fahey

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The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George

By: David M. Fahey

This book is about alcoholic drink, political parties, and pressure groups. From the 1870s into the 1920s, excessive drinking by urban workers frightened the major political parties. They all wanted to reduce the number of public houses. It was not easy to find a way that would satisfy temperance reformers, many of them prohibitionists, and the licensed drink trade. Brewers demanded compensation when pubs were closed, but temperance reformers were vehemently opposed to this. The book highlights a prolonged struggle of vested interests and ideologies in this regard, showing that a Royal Commission in 1899 helped break the stalemate. In a controversial deal, brewers got compensation, but they had to pay for closing some of their own pubs. Later, during the First World War, the government experimented with an alternative to closing public houses, disinterested or non-commercial management, and considered State Purchase of the entire drink trade.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527578836

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The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

Drinking, Driving and Dancing, 1925-1955

By: David W. Gutzke,Michael John Law

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Drinking, Driving and Dancing, 1925-1955

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1474294499

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Pubs and Progressives

Reinventing the Public House in England, 1896-1960

By: David W. Gutzke

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Pubs and Progressives

Reinventing the Public House in England, 1896-1960

By: David W. Gutzke

No self-respecting Victorian lady would enter a British pub, a florid drinking den where working men guzzled pints of beer. When brewers, inspired by the Progressive belief that the physical environment influenced moral behavior, turned to the problem of working-class drinking during the interwar years, they set to work reinventing the pub itself. Acting on a genuine belief in the possibility of social betterment, reformers found ready allies among not only government officials but religious leaders, social workers, journalists, the landed classes, even the royal family. In the process, brewers sought to undermine the stigma against pubic drinking and attract a broader clientele. Their Progressive ideas shaped the emergence of an 'improved public house' that blurred distinctions among pubs, on one hand, and up-market hotels, restaurants, and roadhouses, on the other. Outside, cheerful gardens, children's playgrounds, and bowling greens greeted delighted customers. Inside, brewers wooed new patrons with meals, music, dancing, and live entertainment. Tea or entertainment rooms beckoned men, women, and even families; couples found intimacy in the new stylish lounge. In this astonishing story of the transformation of the pub, Gutzke draws on an array of sources and methods from gender studies, cultural history, literature, architecture, and urban planning, without neglecting the crucial role of ideology, economics, and politics. This broad-based study, which includes numerous illustrations, will appeal not just to specialists but to anyone interested in the history of a pivotal English social institution.

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0875803350

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Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

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Book's by David W. Gutzke

British Politics, Society and Empire, 1852-1945

British Politics, Society and Empire, 1852-1945

John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870–1930

John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870–1930

Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

The Mystique of Running the Public House in England

The Mystique of Running the Public House in England

The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George

The Politics of Drink in England, from Gladstone to Lloyd George

The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

The Roadhouse Comes to Britain

Pubs and Progressives

Pubs and Progressives

Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

Women drinking out in Britain since the early twentieth century

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