Drink, Temperance And The Working Class In Nineteenth-Century Germany
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A rigorous work of social history, Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth-Century Germany examines the complex relationship between alcohol consumption, labor culture, and reform movements in industrializing Germany. Roberts argues that drinking was far more than a personal vice — it was a deeply embedded social practice tied to working-class identity, community, and resistance to bourgeois moral authority. The work chronicles the rise of temperance organizations and details how middle-class reformers, industrialists, and the state sought to reshape the habits of the laboring poor in the name of productivity and social order. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Roberts illustrates the tensions between paternalistic reform efforts and the agency of workers who fiercely guarded their leisure customs. Scholarly in tone yet accessible in its narrative, this study makes an essential contribution to the history of class, culture, and everyday life in modern Europe.
Author: James S. Roberts
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, George Allen & Unwin
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A rigorous work of social history, Drink, Temperance and the Working Class in Nineteenth-Century Germany examines the complex relationship between alcohol consumption, labor culture, and reform movements in industrializing Germany. Roberts argues that drinking was far more than a personal vice — it was a deeply embedded social practice tied to working-class identity, community, and resistance to bourgeois moral authority. The work chronicles the rise of temperance organizations and details how middle-class reformers, industrialists, and the state sought to reshape the habits of the laboring poor in the name of productivity and social order. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Roberts illustrates the tensions between paternalistic reform efforts and the agency of workers who fiercely guarded their leisure customs. Scholarly in tone yet accessible in its narrative, this study makes an essential contribution to the history of class, culture, and everyday life in modern Europe.