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Author Campbell, Robert A., 1952-

Title Sit down and drink your beer : regulating Vancouver's beer parlours, 1925-1954 / Robert A. Campbell
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (x, 185 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Studies in gender and history
Studies in gender and history.
Contents Introduction: Regulating Public Drinking -- Ch. 1. The Genesis of the Beer Parlour -- Ch. 2. Operators and Workers: The Ties That Bind -- Ch. 3. Ladies and Escorts: Regulating and Negotiating Gender and Sexuality -- Ch. 4. Appearance and Performance: Creating and Regulating the Unwanted -- Ch. 5. Reconfiguring Decency in the 1950s: The Politics of Regulation -- Conclusion: Managing the Marginal
Summary Campbell argues that the regulation of the environment of the classic beer parlour, rather than being an example of social control, is best understood as moral regulation and part of a process of normalization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century
Bars (Drinking establishments) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century
Drinking customs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century
Liquor laws -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Drinking customs
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Liquor laws
Bierverbrauch
Gaststätte
Recht
British Columbia -- Vancouver
Vancouver British Columbia
Genre/Form e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442679986
1442679980