ISBN:
1306547792
,
9781554589487
,
9781306547796
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 189 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Print version Canada the Good : A Short History of Vice since 1500
DDC:
306.0971
Keywords:
Social control History
;
Vice History
;
Vices History
;
Vice control History
;
Vice control -- Canada -- History
;
Social control -- Canada -- History
;
Vice -- History
;
Vices -- History
;
Canada -- Moral conditions -- History
;
Canada -- Social conditions -- History
;
Electronic books
;
Canada Moral conditions
;
History
;
Canada Social conditions
;
History
Abstract:
Considers debates and regulation that have conditioned Canadians' attitudes towards vices, and demonstrates how moral regulation has changed over time, how it has shaped Canadians' lives, why some debates have almost disappeared and others persist, and why some individuals and groups tackle collective social issues.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Different Worlds, Different Values: Encounters from 1500 to 1700 -- Encounters -- Free Sexuality? -- "An Inveterate Passion for Brandy" -- Gambling -- Tobacco -- Conclusion: Interacting with Aboriginals -- Chapter 2 In the Name of God, the King, and the Settlers: Regulating Behaviour during the Colonial Era (1700-1850) -- Sexuality: Only for Procreation -- Drinking: Very Thirsty People? -- Gambling: No "Unlawfull Games to Be Used in House" -- Tobacco: A "Successful" Cultural Transfer -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Triumphs: Vices in Retreat, 1850-1920 -- Building the Kingdom of God on Earth -- Sexuality: Repression and Resistance -- Drinking: Chasing the Liquor Demon -- Gambling: A Disrespectful Activity -- Drugs: Getting Rid of Them -- Tobacco: A Fashionable Habit -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 No Longer Vices: Call Them Health Issues, 1920 to the Present -- Different Values and Sexual Openness -- Alcohol: State Monopoly and Responsible Drinking -- A New Addict: Governments and Gambling -- Drugs: Let's Help Young White Kids -- Tobacco: A Health Threat and an Annoying Habit -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Different Worlds, Different Values: Encounters from 1500 to 1700""; ""Encounters""; ""Free Sexuality?""; ""“An Inveterate Passion for Brandy�""; ""Gambling""; ""Tobacco""; ""Conclusion: Interacting with Aboriginals""; ""Chapter 2 In the Name of God, the King, and the Settlers: Regulating Behaviour during the Colonial Era (1700�1850)""; ""Sexuality: Only for Procreation""; ""Drinking: Very Thirsty People?""; ""Gambling: No “Unlawfull Games to Be Used in House�""; ""Tobacco: A “Successful� Cultural Transfer""; ""Conclusion""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Chapter 3 Triumphs: Vices in Retreat, 1850�1920""""Building the Kingdom of God on Earth""; ""Sexuality: Repression and Resistance""; ""Drinking: Chasing the Liquor Demon""; ""Gambling: A Disrespectful Activity""; ""Drugs: Getting Rid of Them""; ""Tobacco: A Fashionable Habit""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 No Longer Vices: Call Them Health Issues, 1920 to the Present""; ""Different Values and Sexual Openness""; ""Alcohol: State Monopoly and Responsible Drinking""; ""A New Addict: Governments and Gambling""; ""Drugs: Let�s Help Young White Kids""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Tobacco: A Health Threat and an Annoying Habit""""Conclusion""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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