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Temperance movement in sports: Response to teetotal movement in Bohemian lands [PDF]

open access: yesHistorický Časopis, 2023
The tradition of temperance movement in the Bohemian lands dates back to the early 20th century. It gained momentum after World War I, which was perceived by the movement as a consequence of the decline and the movement sought to prevent any similar ...
Milena Strachová, Zdeněk Vostrý
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The Bicycle in the Service of Reform

open access: yesJournal of the Austrian Association for American Studies, 2022
This essay situates Frances Willard's temperance reform campaigns as entrepreneurial in nature, and claims Willard as a key nineteenth-century American social innovator.
Kelly Payne, Janel Simons
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Jack London and the Demon Alcohol: “John Barleycorn” (1913) and American Temperance Literature [PDF]

open access: yesЛитература двух Америк, 2018
The paper strives to reveal the background of Jack London’s novel John Barleycorn (1913) which is analyzed in the context of Temperance Movement and the topoi that are typical for its visual propaganda and literature. Jack London used the conventions and
Alina P. Zakharova
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Activities of the Guardianships of National Sobriety in the Urals in Late XIX - Early XХ Century: Regional Experience in the Anti-Alcohol Struggle

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Russian History, 2023
The author reconstructs the regional historical experience of the anti-alcohol struggle in pre-revolutionary Russia. There is emphasized important practical significance of the problem under study in the context of solving problems of promoting a healthy
Elena Yu. Kazakova-Apkarimova
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Questioning Similarities: Prohibition in the United States and Finland

open access: yesAmerican Studies in Scandinavia, 2017
Only two republics have ever adopted national alcohol prohibition in peacetime, and they did so at almost exactly the same time. For these reasons and others, historians of temperance have considered prohibition in Finland and the United States to be ...
Mark C. Smith
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Sebastian Kneipp and the Natural Cure Movement of Germany: Between Naturalism and Modern Medicine [PDF]

open access: yesUisahak, 2016
This study discusses the historical significance of the Natural Cure Movement of Germany, centering on the Kneipp Cure, a form of hydrotherapy practiced by Father Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897).
Youkyung KO
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Alcoholism and temperance in William Henry Smith’s The Drunkard or the Fallen Saved

open access: yesAkofena, 2022
In the 1840s in the U.S., excessive consumption of alcohol became a rampant practice and a social norm which had severe effects on the individuals, family units, and the well-being of the society.
Ebony Kpalambo AGBOH
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Abstinence press in Wielkopolska: “Central Paper on Temperance in the Grand Duchy of Poznań” (1843–1845)

open access: yesAlcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2014
Introduction: Between 1843 and 1845 in Wielkopolska, a paper on temperance was published available in both German- and Polish-language versions. Since 1843, the periodical came out as “Central Paper on Temperance in the Grand Duchy of Poznań” (Pismo ...
Izabela Krasińska
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Arab civilization in Andalusia and its impact on Europe [PDF]

open access: yesآداب الرافدين, 1981
The Arabs thought about the liberation of Spain after they expelled the Byzantines from North Africa, and Spain before the conquest had been possessed by the Romans until the fifth century AD, then the Vandals, Alans and Suef, who were among the barbaric
Tawfeek Al-Uzbaky
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