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Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History of the Russian State Mark Lawrence Schrad on FREE shipping on qualifying offers Russia is famous for its vodka and its culture of extreme intoxication But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics In Vodka Politics Mark Lawrence Schrad argues that debilitating societal alcoholism is not hardwired into Russians genetic code but rather their autocratic political system Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History of the Russian State Then there are the numbers in 1680 53 percent of state revenue came from a tax on vodka and salt and that number remained roughly the same for much of the next two centuries Every year roughly 300 Americans die of alcohol poisoning in 1994 55000 Russians did Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Vodka Politics VODKA POLITICS Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History of the Russian State MARK LAWRENCE SCHRAD Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research scholarship and education by publishing worldwide Oxford New York Vodka politics alcohol autocracy and the secret Schrad argues that Russias storied addiction to vodka is not simply a social problem but a symptom of a deeper sicknessautocracy Indeed Schrad shows that alcoholism and autocracy have gone handinhand throughout Russian history Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History of the Russian State by Mark Lawrence Schrad Russia is famous for its vodka and its culture of extreme intoxication But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History of the Russian State But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics In Vodka Politics Mark Lawrence Schrad argues that debilitating societal alcoholism is not hardwired into Russians genetic code Vodka Politics Alcohol Autocracy and the Secret History Russia is justly famous for its vodka Today the Russian average drinking man consumes 180 bottles of vodka a year nearly half a bottle a day But few people realize the enormousand enormously destructiverole vodka has played in Russian politics Vodka Politics Hardcover Mark Lawrence Schrad Oxford Mark Lawrence Schrad Through a series of historical investigations stretching from Ivan the Terrible through Vladimir Putin Vodka Politics presents the secret history of the Russian state itselfa history that is drenched in liquor Scrutinizing rather than dismissing the role of alcohol in Russian politics yields a more nuanced
