Battling Demon Rum

The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800-1933

AvThomas R. Pegram

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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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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Utgivningsdatum:1998-09-01
Mått:147 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Ways
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Ivan R Dee, Inc
ISBN:9781566632089

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Thomas R. Pegram is professor of history at Loyola University Maryland. Born in Hammond, Indiana, he grew up in the Midwest and California, then studied at Santa Clara University and Brandeis University, where he received a Ph.D. in American history. He has also taught at the Ohio State University. He is also the author of Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800–1933, and Partisans and Progressives: Private Interest and Public Policy in Illinois, 1870–1922. He lives with his family in Baltimore County, Maryland.