A monstrous plant : alcohol and the Reformation
Healths, toasts and pledges : political drinking in the seventeenth century
A new kind of drunkeness : the gin craze
The politics of sobriety : coffee and society in Georgian England
A fascinating poison : early medical writing on drink
Ungovernable passions : intoxication and Romanticism
Odious monopolies : power, control and the 1830 Beer Act
The last tyrant : the rise of temperance
A monstrous theory : the politics of prohibition
The State and the trade : the drink question at the turn of the century
Central control : war and nationalism
The study of inebriety : medicine and the law
The pub and the people : drinking places and popular culture
Prevention and health : alcohol and public health
Beer orders : the changing landscape in the 1990s
Drinking responsibly : media, government and binge drinking
Conclusion : the drink question today.