Liberties and licences: Alcohol in liberal thought

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-151

  Nicholls, James Quan ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge drinking; Intoxication; Liberalism; Licensing; Prohibition; Utopianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646674084     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877906064027     Document Type: Article

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