Craze

Craze Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason : Consisting of a Tragicomedy in Three Acts in Which High and Low Are Brought Together, Much to Their Mutual Discomfort ...

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Publisher's Synopsis

A social history of the gin epidemic in eighteenth-century London offers a colorful account of the English Parliament's failed thirty-year battle against gin and the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of the gin epidemic. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Book information

ISBN: 9780812968996
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pub date:
DEWEY: 363.41094209033
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 267
Weight: 204g
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 12mm