Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Temperance Movement

Social effort most active in the 19th and early 20th centuries dedicated to promoting moderation or complete abstinence in the use of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

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Abstract

Social effort most active in the 19th and early 20th centuries dedicated to promoting moderation or complete abstinence in the use of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Movement, Temperance
  • Movements, Temperance
  • Temperance Movements
  • Women's Christian Temperance Union

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2014

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Previous Indexing

  • Temperance (1966-2013)

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  1. I03.833w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Temperance Movement. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064830. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064830
  2. Temperance Movement. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement
  3. Temperance Movement. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333247