Under the influence
Subtitle: working-class drinking, temperance, and cultural revolution in Russia, 1895-1932
By: Kate Transchel.
Series: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Alcoholism -- Russia.; Alcoholism -- Soviet Union.; Social problems -- Russia.; Social problems -- Soviet Union.; Working class -- Russia.; Working class -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Social aspects.
Genres: Soviet Union.
Description: "Under the Influence presents the first investigation of the social, cultural, and political factors that affected drinking and temperance among Russian and Soviet industrial workers from 1895 to 1932. Kate Transchel examines the many meanings of working-class drinking and temperance in a variety of settings, from Moscow to remote provinces, and illuminates the cultural conflicts and class dynamics that were deeply rooted in drinking rituals and the failure of attempted reforms by the Tsarist and Soviet authorities. Under the Influence highlights working-class culture and underscores the limitations the Bolsheviks faced in attempting to create a cultural revolution to complete their social and political transformation of Russia."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Drinking . . . we cannot do without it"; title: Swimming in a drunken sea; title: Tippling and temperance : constructing the drink problem in Russia; title: Sobering up the revolution; title: Demon vodka : anti-alcohol propaganda and cultural revolution; title: Liquid assets : the working classes and vodka; title: Giddy with success : the end of alcoholism in the Soviet Union.