Alcohol, Sex and Gender in Late Medieval and Early

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Of Meat, Men and Property: The Troubled Career of a Convert Nun in Eighteenth-Century Kiev

“…64 Apart from running distilleries on their estates, where alcohol was produced for sale and barter, all monasteries also purchased various types of intoxicating drink: imported wine for use in the church, mead for consumption on feast days, as well as vodka (usually called vino, 'wine', khlebnoe vino, 'grain wine', or gorelka, literally translated as 'combustible liquid', in early modern documents) and its humble relative, poorly distilled and evilsmelling hooch (sivukha). 65 They could be used for internal consumption, gift giving or commerce.…”

Alcohol and public policy

“…This third perspective seeks to uncover the best methods of avoiding harm. For example, alcohol consumption has often been linked with increased rates of violence (Boden, Fergusson, & Horwood, 2012;Martin, 2001Martin, , 2009McKnight, 2002;Pihl & Sutton, 2009). Social scientists help to identify how public policy might assist harm prevention correlated to problem drinking (Bucholz & Robins, 1989;Crombie, Irvine, Elliott, & Wallace, 2007;Graham et al, 2011;Rossow, 2001;Toomey & Wagenaar, 1999;Wilson, Gunasekara, & Thomson, 2011).…”

'The tourism labour conundrum' extended: Historical perspectives on hospitality workers

“…Specialized brothels, whatever the economic arrangements between owners, workers and clients, should certainly be seen as part of the hospitality industry, with their own distinctive issues of regulation and policing (Corbin 1990;Finnegan 1979;Davey 1983;Keire 2010;Carroll 2011;Dewey and Kelly 2011;Cobb 1969;Norton 1992;Martin 2001;Brents et al 2008).…”