The sanctuary of sobriety: The emergence of temperance as a feminine virtue in Tudor and Stuart England

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-111

  Warner, Jessica ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; LITERATURE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0031049229     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03641.x     Document Type: Review

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