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19 septembre 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.pus.10091
- isbn: 9782868205513
- eisbn: 9791034404803
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Christian Auer, « 67. Statistics in Drunkenness, 1853 », Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, ID : 10.4000/books.pus.10091
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In 1850 a leader in The Scotsman proclaimed that Scotland was “the most drunken nation on the face of the earth” and that Glasgow was “the most guilty and offensive city in Christendom” (The Scotsman, 22 May 1850). Indeed very large quantities of drink, especially whisky, were consumed in Scotland in the nineteenth century. The following article, taken from the Inverness Advertiser, gave interesting statistics about the number of people who had been arrested because of disorderly conduct due ...