The Alcoholic Empire

Vodka and Politics in Late Imperial Russia

By: Patricia Herlihy

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Hardcover | 6 December 2001

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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 save the 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 of vodka and by poster art and paintings, this book will appeal to Russian and European historians and those interested in temperance history.

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"The book provides ample evidence of the social breadth and depth of a cause that impassioned peasants and workers along with educated society....By successfully reconstructing a complex, many-voiced social movement, Herlihy contributes to greater understanding of civil society in the Russian context and reveals not only the political but also the moral passions that animated Russians at the end of the tsarist era."--American Historical Review

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Acknowledgments
The Alcoholic Empire	p. 2
Introduction	p. 3
Singing One's Way to Sobriety	p. 14
Drugs Are Our Business	p. 36
Battling Booze	p. 52
The Church's New Social Mission	p. 69
Women's Physical and Political Use of Alcohol	p. 90
Tea and Symphony	p. 111
The Politics of Alcohol	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 146
Epilogue	p. 151
Notes	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 235
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