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Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation
Living Water Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation
Author: David Christian
This is a study of the social, economic, and political role of vodka in nineteenth-century Russia. Since the "Green Serpent" first appeared in sixteenth-century Muscovy, it has played a vital part in Russian life. Vodka became an essential ingredient in all working class celebrations--personal, religious, and commercial. By the nineteenth cen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198222866
ISBN-10: 0198222866
Publication Date: 10/11/1990
Pages: 462
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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