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The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol /

In The spirits of America, Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. He details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again and how it was thought of as both scou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burns, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In The spirits of America, Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. He details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again and how it was thought of as both scourge and medicine. He tells us how "the great American thirst" developed over the centuries, and how reform movements and laws sprang up to combat it. Burns brings back to life such vivid characters as Carrie Nation and other crusaders against drink. He informs us that, in the final analysis, Prohibition, the culmination of the reformers' quest, had as much to do with politics and economics and geography as it did with spirituous beverage.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (336 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index.
ISBN:9781592137695
1592137695
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9781281093622
9786611093624
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