Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918 - Hardcover
by James Kneale
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350529717ISBN-10:1350529710UPC:9781350529717Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Social HistoryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SC2GTCE36V
Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918
This book explains how the rise of temperance life assurance affected ideas surrounding the dangers of drinking and abstinence between 1840 and 1918.
James Kneale examines how temperance life insurance - initially a speculative business venture - evolved into a social experiment that played a crucial role in persuading ordinary people, doctors, and insurance firms that abstaining from alcohol was...
James Kneale examines how temperance life insurance - initially a speculative business venture - evolved into a social experiment that played a crucial role in persuading ordinary people, doctors, and insurance firms that abstaining from alcohol was...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350529717ISBN-10:1350529710UPC:9781350529717Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Social HistoryBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SC2GTCE36V
James Kneale is Associate Professor of Geography at University College London, UK.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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