Alcohol is a window into American history, from 17th-century rum production to young people’s declining interest in drinking today.
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Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Would it lessen the ‘Australianness’ of the 20th century pub if we understood the ‘lavatory’ tiles in a broader context?
The story of the alleged Atlanta shooter highlights the two most common ways Americans think about compulsive behaviors – considering them the results of temptation and treating them as diseases.
We now know how the father of New Zealand’s suffrage pioneer died, and it raises fascinating questions about what drove her morally and politically.
Canadian provinces are choosing various approaches to cannabis sales as legalization approaches. Ontario’s will combine aspects of computer stores, wine boutiques and post-prohibition liquor outlets.
Canada’s craft beer industry is exploding. But antiquated regulations stemming from the years of the temperance movement is preventing big acquisitions by larger brewers.
Sugar and saturated fat aren’t ‘evil’ and kale and avocado aren’t ‘good’.
Heightening liquor regulation has for centuries been the immediate response of urban policymakers when confronted with people and behaviours deemed socially undesirable.
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Honorary Research Fellow, Federation University Australia
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Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry, King's College London
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Professor of History, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Boston University
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