TY - BOOK ID - 85471202 TI - Global anti-vice activism, 1890-1950 : fighting drinks, drugs, and "immorality" AU - Pliley, Jessica R. AU - Kramm, Robert AU - Fischer-TineĢ, Harald PY - 2016 SN - 1316689131 1316689387 1316689638 1316690385 1316212599 1316688887 1107102669 1107500753 1316687384 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Alcoholism KW - Drug abuse KW - Promiscuity KW - Promiscuous behavior KW - Sex KW - Drug use KW - Substance abuse KW - Addiction to alcohol KW - Alcohol abuse KW - Alcohol intoxication KW - Dipsomania KW - Drinking problem KW - Drunkenness KW - Inebriety KW - Intemperance KW - Intoxication KW - Jellinek's disease KW - Liquor problem KW - Temperance KW - Controlled drinking KW - Drinking of alcoholic beverages KW - Prevention KW - Government policy. KW - Intoxication, Alcohol UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85471202 AB - Vice was one of the primary shared interests of the global community at the turn of the twentieth century. Anti-vice activists worked to combat noxious substances such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, and 'immoral' sexual activities such as prostitution. Nearly all of these activists approached the issue of vice by expressing worries about the body, its physical health, and functionality. By situating anti-vice politics in their broader historical contexts, Global Anti-Vice Activism, 1890-1950 sheds fresh light on the initiatives of various actors, organizations and institutions which have previously been treated primarily within national and regional boundaries. Looking at anti-vice policy from both social and cultural historical perspectives, it illuminates the centrality of regulating vice in imperial and national modernization projects. The contributors argue that vice and vice regulation constitute an ideal topic for global history, because they bridge the gap between discourse and practice, and state and civil society. ER -