The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol

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The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol / Eric Burns.

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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.

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ISBN: 1592132146
ISBN: 9781592132140
ISBN: 1592132693
ISBN: 9781592132690
Physical Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The spirits of the world -- The first national pastime -- The general and the doctor -- The father of Prohibition and other kinfolk -- The crusaders and their crusades -- The importance of being Frank -- Hatchetation -- The wheeler-dealer and his men -- The blues and how they played -- Executive softness -- The hummingbird beats the odds -- Strange bedfellows.

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