Origins and rise of the British distillery
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Origins and rise of the British distillery
（Studies in British history, v. 53）
Edwin Mellen Press, c1999
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Bibliography: p. 259-290
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This monograph substantiates the industry's rise and contributions in an age when distilled beverages had much good to contribute to mankind and added to the power of the West, to explore, to trade and to conquer where others sickened and failed. The text contains rich anecdotal material and contempporary observations that illuminate the subject from Tudor times to the mid-18th century.
Table of Contents
- Beginnings of distilling in Western antiquity
- the medieval spread of distilling
- renaissance developments and promulgation
- the Stuart era - distilling emerges as a profession
- the early market for British spirits
- foreign competition and the rise of taxation
- English distilling in transition
- triumph of the English distillers
- the growing market for British spirits
- apex of the British distillery
- the new temperance onslaught
- regulation and decline of the British distillery, conclusion and afterthoughts.
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