Deliver us from evil: An interpretation of American prohibition (The Norton essays in American history) - Hardcover

Clark, Norman H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393055841 ISBN 13: 9780393055849

Publisher: U.S.A.: Norton, 1976

Synopsis

This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against on of its most public devastations—drunkenness.

It shows the profound impact of the prohibition movement on political history before 1916 and analyzes its ambiguous triumph in the 1920s. In doing so, it reveals the relationship between liquor control and the unique moral history of the American family. Here is social history at its best, wiping away the myth and legends of the past.

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This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against one of its most public devastations--drunkenness. It shows the profound impact of the prohibition movement on political history before 1916 and analyzes its ambiguous triumph in the 1920's.

About this edition

• Publisher: U.S.A.: Norton
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0393055841
• ISBN 13: 9780393055849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246