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Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]
Contributor(s): Jr, Jack S. Blocker (Editor), Fahey, David M. (Editor), Tyrrell, Ian R. (Editor)
ISBN: 1576078337     ISBN-13: 9781576078334
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
OUR PRICE:   $198.99  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2003
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BISAC Categories:
- History | World - General
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
Dewey: 808.1
LCCN: 2003008679
Physical Information: 2.16" H x 8.76" W x 11.32" (5.19 lbs) 824 pages
 
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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.