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Global anti-vice activism, 1890-1950 : fighting drinks, drugs, and "immorality" /
Vice was one of the primary shared interests of the global community at the turn of the twentieth century. Anti-vice activists worked to combat noxious substances such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, and 'immoral' sexual activities such as prostitution. Nearly all of these activists appr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Vice was one of the primary shared interests of the global community at the turn of the twentieth century. Anti-vice activists worked to combat noxious substances such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, and 'immoral' sexual activities such as prostitution. Nearly all of these activists approached the issue of vice by expressing worries about the body, its physical health, and functionality. By situating anti-vice politics in their broader historical contexts, Global Anti-Vice Activism, 1890-1950 sheds fresh light on the initiatives of various actors, organizations and institutions which have previously been treated primarily within national and regional boundaries. Looking at anti-vice policy from both social and cultural historical perspectives, it illuminates the centrality of regulating vice in imperial and national modernization projects. The contributors argue that vice and vice regulation constitute an ideal topic for global history, because they bridge the gap between discourse and practice, and state and civil society This book places vice and vice regulation in their global social and cultural contexts at the turn of the twentieth century |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781316212592 1316212599 9781316690383 1316690385 9781316689639 1316689638 1316689131 9781316689134 1316689387 9781316689387 |