Tag: Temperance movement

• On the Defence of Wine: Medical Discourse during the Global Temperance Movement 

  

  During the temperance movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, proponents of the health benefits of wine sought to counter its growing influence. Kat Jivkova examines the cultural and medical discourse which defended its consumption.

  Retrospect Journal

  05/03/2023

  Academic

  European History, History, History of Medicine, Temperance movement, Twentieth Century

• Origin of the Graham Cracker

  

  Few biscuits are as iconic as the graham cracker, but how did this treat gain such widespread popularity? Sam Marks explores the history of this humble cracker in our first Retroshort.

  Retrospect Journal

  16/10/2022

  Retroshorts

  History of Food, Nineteenth Century, Temperance movement, US History