Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War 🎤 with Dr Deborah Toner

Presented by: Rocio Carvajal Food anthropologist, culture & gastronomy educator.

Episode 86

This hybrid episode brings together of Hungry Books and Pass the Chipotle Podcast and I’m joined by Dr Deborah Toner editor of “Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War,” a ground-breaking volume that explores the intricate connections between alcohol and society from 1850 to 1950.

Through the episode we examine in detail the volume’s eight chapters following the complexities of alcohol production, consumption, regulation, and commerce, delving into gendered, medical, religious, ideological, and cultural meanings that surround alcohol.

We unpack all the juicy ways in which this book illuminates the global impact of alcohol and its essential role in shaping the processes of empire-building, industrialization, and decolonization. Join us as we uncover the profound influence of alcohol on societies during a transformative era, exploring the intersection of history, culture, and the human spirit.

Books about alcohol studies.

• Alcohol in the Age of Industry, Empire, and War. Edited by Dr Deborah Toner. (2021) https://tinyurl.com/25b6au9j

• Alcohol and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Mexico (The Mexican Experience). (2015)  https://tinyurl.com/26fezsqf

• Biographies of Drink: a Case Study Approach to Our Historical Relationship with Alcohol Hardcover. Edited by: Mark Hailwood & Deborah Toner. (2015) https://tinyurl.com/23d4f6kt

• The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State. By Lisa McGirr https://tinyurl.com/ybc2svt6  

• The Existential Drinker. By Steve Earnshaw, Manchester University (2018) https://tinyurl.com/ysy4ttbr

Reading list & recommendations, many of which were mentioned during the conversation.

• Consuming Authenticities: Time, Place and the Past in the Construction of “Authentic” Foods and Drinks. Edited by: E. Abbots; R. Carvajal; A. Charalambidou; E. Forde; A. Martins; H. Thomas, and D. Toner. funded by Arts and History Research Council (AHRC). (2015) https://tinyurl.com/23bzmewm

Podcast episodes:

• Dan Snow’s History Hit: How Alcohol Built the British Empire: https://tinyurl.com/25qttu7s

• Hungry Books Podcast: Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth: https://tinyurl.com/ytrju8e2  

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