Drink and Culture in Nineteenth-century Ireland - The Alcohol Trade and the Politics of the Irish Public House

Informationen zum Autor Bradley Kadel is Assistant Professor of History at Fayetteville State University! University of North Carolina. An original history of the drink trade and pubs in 19th Century Ireland Zusammenfassung The vibrant Irish public house of the nineteenth century hosted broad networks of social power! enabling publicans and patrons to disseminate tremendous influence across Ireland and beyond. During the period! affluent publicans coalesced into one of the most powerful and sophisticated forces in Irish parliamentary politics. Among the leading figures of public life! they commanded an unmatched economic route to middle-class prosperity! inserted themselves into the centre of crucial legislative debates! and took part in fomenting the issues of class! gender! and national identity which continue to be contested today. From the other side of the bar! regular patrons relied on this social institution to construct! manage and spread their various social and political causes. From Daniel O'Connell to the Guinness dynasty! from the Acts of Union to the Great Famine! and from Christmas boxes to Fenianism; Bradley Kadel offers a first and much-needed scholarly examination of the 'incendiary politics of the pub' in nineteenth-century Ireland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Reform and Secret SocietiesChapter 2: Consolidating the Trade Chapter 3: Irish Sunday Closing Chapter 4: Nationalist Politics, 1867-90 Chapter 5: Trade Growth and Modernization Chapter 6: New Challenges, 1902-14 Chapter 7: The First World War and the Trade Conclusion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Bradley Kadel, Kadel Bradley
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781350153974
• ISBN: 978-1-350-15397-4
• Seiten: 320
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Werbung, Marketing; Hospitality industry, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Advertising & Promotion, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Hospitality and service industries, Advertising & Society, Media studies: advertising and society