Battling demon rum : the struggle for a dry America, 1800-1933 / Thomas R. Pegram.
Battling demon rum : the struggle for a dry America, 1800-1933 / Thomas R. Pegram.
Battling demon rum : the struggle for a dry America, 1800-1933 / Thomas R. Pegram.
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c1998.
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N363.410973/3
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English
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Physical content
xv, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Drinking and Temperance in the Age of Reform -- 2. From Teetotalism to the Maine Laws -- 3. A Movement of Outsiders -- 4. Prohibition in the Gilded Age -- 5. Alcohol and the Saloon in the Progressive Era -- 6. The Anti-Saloon League and the Revival of Prohibition -- 7. War and the Politics of Nat...
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Publisher
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c1998.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
How easy is it for government to regulate the morals of its citizens, or their social behavior? In Battling Demon Rum, Thomas Pegram provides an historical example with his narrative account of the struggle against alcohol in America, from the earliest days of the Republic through the repeal of prohibition. It is a cautionary tale. The groups that...
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Battling demon rum : the struggle for a dry America, 1800-1933 / Thomas R. Pegram.
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The American ways series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-201) and index.
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N363.410973/3
Record Identifier
74VM0aX6A3RZ
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ISBN
1566632080(cased)
9781566632089 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566632080 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781566632096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1566632099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781566632096(pbk.) :
1566632099(pbk.) :
9781566632089(cased)
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363.410973
MMS ID
991001753039702626
