The introduction of gin to England was a delirious and deleterious affair, as tipplers reported a range of effects: loss of reason, frenzy, madness, joy, and death. With the help of prints by George Cruikshank, William Hogarth, and others, James Brown enters the architecture of intoxication dram shops, gin halls, barbershops exploring the spaces that catered to pleasure or evil, depending who you asked.
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