Gin and the Gin Craze [ Food & Drink / Eating & Drinking / Social interaction ]
… land landowners in Britain. Consumption of gin increased exponentially in the first half of the century. Jessica Warner summarises the available data: 1 . Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices, Publick [sic] … on annual consumption remained fairly constant for the next two decades, at about 0.6 gallons per capita.’ 2 2 . Jessica Warner, Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason (London: Profile Books, 2004), p. 3. The Gin Craze is generally … and got into bed together. Somehow, a mob found out about their entertainment and caused a rumpus outside the door (Warner 1). One of the most notorious crimes linked to gin led to a public outcry that helped precipitate the Gin Act of …
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