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Alcoholic Empire

Patricia Herlihy
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      The Alcoholic Empire examines the prevalence of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life. Herlihy 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 savethe country through Revolutionary change. This book traces temperance activity and politics side by side with the end of the tsarist regime, while showing how the problem of alcohoism continued to pervade Soviet and post-Soviet society. Illustrated by timeless and incisive sayings about the Russian love ofvodka and by poster art and paintings, this book will appeal to Russian and European historians and those interested in temperance history.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Patricia Herlihy EAN: 9780195160956 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 387 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-01-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, HISTORY / World, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Russia, c 1500 onwards to present day, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Revolutionary groups and movements, European history, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

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      Patricia Herlihy is Professor Emerita of Russian and Soviet History at Brown University and Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies. She is the author Odessa: A History, 1794-1914
      The Alcoholic Empire examines the prevalence of alcohol in Russian social, economic, religious, and political life. Herlihy 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 savethe country through Revolutionary change. This book traces temperance activity and politics side by side with the end of the tsarist regime, while showing how the problem of alcohoism continued to pervade Soviet and post-Soviet society. Illustrated by timeless and incisive sayings about the Russian love ofvodka and by poster art and paintings, this book will appeal to Russian and European historians and those interested in temperance history.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Patricia Herlihy EAN: 9780195160956 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 387 g HEIGHT: 236 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-01-16 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, HISTORY / World, SELF-HELP / Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Russia, c 1500 onwards to present day, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Revolutionary groups and movements, European history, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

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      Patricia Herlihy is Professor Emerita of Russian and Soviet History at Brown University and Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies. She is the author Odessa: A History, 1794-1914

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