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The alcoholic empire : vodka & politics in late Imperial Russia /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction; 2 Singing One's Way to Sobriety: The State's Guardianship; 3 Drugs Are Our Business: Physicians Stake a Claim on Therapies; 4 Battling Booze: Strategies for Sobriety in the Military; 5 The Church's New Social Mission; 6 Women's Physical and Political Use of Alcohol; 7 Tea and Symphony: The Laity Mobilizes against Alcohol; 8 The Politics of Alcohol; 9 Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.