Vodka Politics Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State

Name: Vodka Politics Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State
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ISBN: 9780199755592

ISBN-10: 0199755590

ISBN-13: 9780199755592

Edition: 2014

Authors: Mark Lawrence Schrad

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Russia is justly famous for its vodka. Today, the Russian average drinking man consumes 180 bottles of vodka a year, nearly half a bottle a day. But few people realize the enormous-and enormously destructive-role vodka has played in Russian politics.In Vodka Politics, Mark Schrad reveals that almost every Russian ruler has utilized alcohol to strengthen his governing power and that virtually every major event in Russian history has been tinged with alcohol. The Tsars used alcohol to dampen dissent and exert control over their courts, while the government's monopoly over its sale has provided a crucial revenue stream for centuries. In one of the book's many remarkable insights, Schrad shows…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/5/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.53" long x 1.56" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English