Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]

· ABC-CLIO
Ebook
758
Pages

About this ebook

A comprehensive encyclopedia on all aspects of the production, consumption, and social impact of alcohol.
Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia spans the history of alcohol production and consumption from the development of distilled spirits and modern manufacturing and distribution methods to the present. Authoritative and unbiased, it brings together the work of hundreds of experts from a variety of disciplines with an emphasis on the extraordinary wealth of scholarship developed in the past several decades.

Its nearly 500 alphabetically organized entries range beyond the principal alcoholic beverages and major producers and retailers to explore attitudes toward alcohol in various countries and religions, traditional drinking occasions and rituals, and images of drinking and temperance in art, painting, literature, and drama. Other entries describe international treaties and organizations related to alcohol production and distribution, global consumption patterns, and research and treatment institutions, as well as temperance, prohibition, and antiprohibitionist efforts worldwide.

  • 500 A-Z entries on the production and use of the principal alcoholic beverages, cultural representations, temperance movements, research, treatment, and forms of regulation and prohibition in the United States and around the world
  • Written by 170+ international scholars from the disciplines of history, anthropology, medicine, political science, cultural studies, and the law
  • A chronology of major events in the history of alcohol and its social response since the 18th century
  • Numerous drawings and illustrations such as historical photographs, vintage lithographs, posters, and product labels representing early advertising
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