| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 244 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2002. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index. |
| Summary |
This text examines the prevalance of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life. The author looks at how the state, the church, the military, doctors, lay societies, and the czar all tried to battle the problem of overconsumption of alcohol in the late imperial period. Since vodka produced essential government revenue and was a backbone of the state economy, many who fought for a sober Russia believed that the only way to save the country was through Revolutionary change.; The book traces temperance activity and politics side-by-side with the end of the Tsarist regime, while showing how the problem of alcoholism continued to pervade Soviet and post-Soviet society. Illustrated by timeless and incisive sayings about the Russian love of vodka and by poster art and paintings, this book should appeal to Russian and European historians and those interested in temperance history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Alcoholism -- Russia -- History.
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Alcoholism. |
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Russia. |
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History. |
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Temperance -- Russia -- History.
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Temperance. |
| Chronological Term |
1801-1917 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Herlihy, Patricia. Alcoholic empire. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0195160959 (OCoLC)50841371 |
| ISBN |
9780195350739 (electronic book) |
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0195350731 (electronic book) |
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0195185692 (electronic book) |
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9780195185690 (electronic book) |
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1280530855 |
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9781280530852 |
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9780195134315 (alkaline paper) |
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0195134311 (alkaline paper) |
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