Labour, Society and the Drink Question in Britain, 1918–1939

Bibliographic Data

ID8957417
AuthorsStephen G Jones (0000-0003-2833-6027, Manchester University, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume30
Issue1
Pages105-122
Publication date1987-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Historical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0018246x00021932
OpenAlexW2161703912
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

The historiography of leisure has made considerable advances since the pioneering years of the early 1970s. Research into Victorian leisure has shown that some of the ruling elite attempted to fashion the life-style of working people in order to create a disciplined and reliable labour force which suited the needs of a maturing industrial and urban society, although it must be added that sections of the British public remained immune to attempts at moral reform and improvement. Professional labour leaders were also eager to control and regulate the amusements of the poor. According to trade union bosses like John Doherty, only a sober, industrious and thrifty working class could hope to achieve progressive reforms and some form of political and economic emancipation: workers who were intemperate would apparently stifle the opportunities and aspirations of the emerging Labour movement. Nowhere is this more true than in the Labour leadership's perception of and policy towards working-class drinking

Economics · Elite · Emancipation · Historiography · Labour economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Sociology · Trade union · Working class · Gender Studies · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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