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Item Details
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BATTLING DEMON RUM
THE STRUGGLE FOR A DRY AMERICA, 1800-1933 |
| By: |
Thomas R. Pegram |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1566632099 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781566632096 |
| Publisher: |
IVAN R DEE, INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1999 |
| Series: |
American Ways Series |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
This is Thomas Pegram's narrative account of the fight to regulate alcohol, tracing the moral and political campaigns of the temperance advocates and showing how their tactics and organization reflected changes in the nation's politics and social structure. |
| Synopsis: |
A narrative account of the fight to regulate alcohol, from roughly 1800 to the repeal of national prohibition in 1933. An intriguing tale of social reform and of the limits of government-imposed morality. "The best short history available of the politics and practices of American temperance reform...Highly recommended."-Library Journal. American Ways Series. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Ivan R Dee, Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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