Barr, Andrew. <br/><br/>
Drink :  a social history / 
Andrew Barr. 
 - London :  Pimlico,  1998. 
 - xiv, 400p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: London: Bantam, 1995. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Drink is at base a social history, which touches on subjects as diverse as the medical prescription of alcohol since biblical times, the origins of the custom of toasting, and the reasons why the British became a nation of tea-drinkers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0712665005 (pbk.) :  £12.50 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drinking behavior--History.--Great Britain<br/>Beverages--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394.1'2'0941