Upton, Susan

Wanted, a beautiful barmaid : women behind the bar in New Zealand, 1830-1976 / Susan Upton. - 239 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Under no restrictions, grog shops and accommodation houses, 1830-1859 -- Barmaids on the Goldfields, 1860-1873 -- Women behind the bar, a disgrace to civilisation, 1874-1881 -- Respectability, the WCTU anti-barmaid campaign, 1882-1894 -- Prohibition takes hold of the masses, 1894-1910 -- The register, 1911-1938 -- Women licensees are like men, good, bad and different, 1939-1961 -- 'Controlling these women', the barmaids return, 1962-1976. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.

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Bartenders--History--New Zealand
Women--History--New Zealand

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