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Liquid Pleasures - A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain (Paperback, New): Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett Liquid Pleasures - A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain (Paperback, New)
Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett
R1,296 Discovery Miles 12 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Drinking has always meant much more than satisfying the thirst. Drinking can be a necessity, a comfort, an indulgence or a social activity.
Liquid Pleasures is an engrossing study of the social history of drinks in Britain from the late seventeenth century to the present. From the first cup of tea at breakfast to mid-morning coffee, to an eveining beer and a 'night-cap', John Burnett discusses individual drinks and drinking patterns which have varied not least with personal taste but also with age, gender, region and class. He shows how different ages have viewed the same drink as either demon poison or medicine.
John Burnett traces the history of what has been drunk in Britain from the 'hot beverage revolution' of the late seventeenth century - connecting drinks and related substances such as sugar to empire - right up to the 'cold drinks revolution' of the late twentieth century, examining the factors which have determined these major changes in our dietary habits.

Idle Hands - The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990 (Paperback): John Burnett, Proffessor John Burnett Idle Hands - The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990 (Paperback)
John Burnett, Proffessor John Burnett
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Idle Hands" offers a major social history of unemployment in Britain over the last 200 years. It focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems. Direct evidence of the impact of unemployment is drawn from extensive personal biographies.

Useful Toil - Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s (Paperback, 2nd edition): Proffessor John Burnett,... Useful Toil - Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett
R1,315 Discovery Miles 13 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies, carpenters, potters and ship assistants to list only a few. The men and women who speak in these pages concentrate on their working experiences, though they also write about their homes and their fears. They thus reveal, often unconsciously, the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs.
Burnett's broad and sympathetic introductions focus and contextualise the wealth of material. These stories provide the antithesis of `great name' history, yet they constantly touch on human experiences that are timeless and universal.

Destiny Obscure - Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s (Paperback, 2nd edition):... Destiny Obscure - Autobiographies of Childhood, Education and Family From the 1820s to the 1920s (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this companion volume to "Useful Toil", John Burnett has drawn extensively on over 800 previously unpublished manuscripts. The result is a record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of 19-century working-class life. Besides offering rare insights into the developing child's world of dreams, hopes and fears, they reflect a crucial period in the evolution of a family tradition; a time when, to counteract the brutalizing pressures of urbanization and industrialization, ordinary people turned to each other for support. Children have seldom had a voice in history: individual to the last, these writers and their experiences take their place as part of the essential fabric of our past. Burnett has also plublished "Plenty and Want: A Social History of Diet in England From 1815 to the Present" (Routledge); "A History of the Cost of Living (1969); "The Challenge of the Nineteenth Century" (1970); "Useful Toil" (1974); "Destiny Obscure" (1982); and "Idle Hands: The Experience of Unemployment, 1790-1990" (Routledge).

Useful Toil - Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Proffessor John Burnett,... Useful Toil - Autobiographies of Working People from the 1820s to the 1920s (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett
R4,169 Discovery Miles 41 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Useful Toil engages freshly and directly with the `ordinary' people of the nineteenth century. John Burnett has assembled twenty seven telling extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people - wheelwrights and stone-masons, miners and munition workers, butlers and kitchen maids, navvies, carpenters, potters and ship assistants to list only a few. The men and women who speak in these pages concentrate on their working experiences, though they also write about their homes and their fears. They thus reveal, often unconsciously, the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs. Burnett's broad and sympathetic introductions focus and contextualise the wealth of material. These stories provide the antithesis of `great name' history, yet they constantly touch on human experiences that are timeless and universal.

Plenty and Want - A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day (Paperback, 3rd edition): Proffessor John... Plenty and Want - A Social History of Food in England from 1815 to the Present Day (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Proffessor John Burnett, John Burnett
R1,428 Discovery Miles 14 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What did Queen Victoria have for dinner? And how did this compare with the meals of the poor in the nineteenth century? This classic account of English food habits since the industrial revolution answers these questions and more.

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