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Софийското студентско въздържателно дружество – формиране и дейност във връзка с понижаване смъртността на населението в България (1922–1939 г.)
Sofia Students’ Temperance Society – establishment and activity in relation with the reduction of population mortality in Bulgaria (1922-1939)

Author(s): Boris Boev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, History and theory of sociology
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Students; Temperance movement; Mortality; Alcoholism; Bulgaria 1918-1939.

Summary/Abstract: This article introduces the Sofia Students’ Temperance Society (SSTS) in the context of the struggle for reduction of the mortality of the Bulgarian population in the years between the two world wars. In this connection the ideas, organization and popularity of the SSTS are being investigated, as well as its impact on the reduction of the mortality of the population in the country. The research is based predominantly on information taken out of memories the SSTS activists, from materials of the society itself as well as on data collected in the archives of the Ministry of Interior.

  • Issue Year: 37/2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 103-114
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian