Sit down and drink your beer : regulating Vancouver's beer parlours, 1925-1954 / Robert A. Campbell.

Campbell argues that the regulation of the environment of the classic beer parlour, rather than being an example of social control, is best understood as moral regulation and part of a process of normalization.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Campbell, Robert A., 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.
Series:Studies in gender and history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Regulating Public Drinking
  • Ch. 1. The Genesis of the Beer Parlour
  • Ch. 2. Operators and Workers: The Ties That Bind
  • Ch. 3. Ladies and Escorts: Regulating and Negotiating Gender and Sexuality
  • Ch. 4. Appearance and Performance: Creating and Regulating the Unwanted
  • Ch. 5. Reconfiguring Decency in the 1950s: The Politics of Regulation
  • Conclusion: Managing the Marginal.