Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)

Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by MichaelMoser123 on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:41AM (#13539533)

the article talks about the early modern period - that period would end with the 19th century; They certainly weren't too sober in London town - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Craze

But at this point in time Britain had a rather high standard of living (compared with the rest of the world), so go figure.

https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/users/Allen/unpublished/econin...

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Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by FabHK on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @10:35AM (#13541461)

Reminds me, the military defence line across the Kowlon peninsula to protect (then British) Hong Kong from Japanese invasion during WW II was known as "The Gin Drinkers Line" :-)

(Unfortunately, the line fell in about two days, and HK in less than two weeks, Christmas 1941...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Drinkers_Line

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