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- catalog abstract ""Russians are famed for their debilitating love of vodka. During the late imperial period, alcohol was blamed for health problems, workplace accidents and absenteeism, rioting and pogroms, and the decline of the army. Many outsiders have cited it as the primary cause of Russia's "backwardness" and a barrier to its modernization. Alcoholism continues to plague modern Russia, causing major social, economic, and health problems." "In The Alcoholic Empire, Patricia Herlihy illuminates the complex relationship between vodka and politics in Russia, focusing on the history and role of temperance organizations in the late imperial period. She traces the beginning of temperance activities to 1894, when Nicholas II created a monopoly on the sale and production of alcohol. Temperance advocates - a diverse group that ranged from Tolstoy to illiterate peasants and included laity, clergy, and workers, men and women, the medical professions, the Duma, and the military - disagreed about the causes and remedies for alcoholism, but they agreed that it was a social and moral problem for which the government should be held accountable."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12345887.
- catalog coverage "Russia Social conditions 1801-1917.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Russians are famed for their debilitating love of vodka. During the late imperial period, alcohol was blamed for health problems, workplace accidents and absenteeism, rioting and pogroms, and the decline of the army. Many outsiders have cited it as the primary cause of Russia's "backwardness" and a barrier to its modernization. Alcoholism continues to plague modern Russia, causing major social, economic, and health problems." "In The Alcoholic Empire, Patricia Herlihy illuminates the complex relationship between vodka and politics in Russia, focusing on the history and role of temperance organizations in the late imperial period. She traces the beginning of temperance activities to 1894, when Nicholas II created a monopoly on the sale and production of alcohol. Temperance advocates - a diverse group that ranged from Tolstoy to illiterate peasants and included laity, clergy, and workers, men and women, the medical professions, the Duma, and the military - disagreed about the causes and remedies for alcoholism, but they agreed that it was a social and moral problem for which the government should be held accountable."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and index.".
- catalog extent "vi, 244 p., [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0195134311 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia Social conditions 1801-1917.".
- catalog spatial "Russia".
- catalog subject "362.292/0947 21".
- catalog subject "Alcoholism Russia History.".
- catalog subject "HV5513 .H47 2002".
- catalog subject "Temperance Russia History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The alcoholic empire : vodka & politics in late Imperial Russia / Patricia Herlihy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".