Thomas R Pegram

Gebundenes Buch

Battling Demon Rum

The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800-1933

Beschreibung

Thomas Pegram's narrative account of the fight to regulate alcohol traces the moral and political offensives of the temperance advocates, and shows how their tactics and organization reflected changes in the nation's politics and social structure. The failures of prohibition enforcement shaped the attitudes of politicians ever since, offering an example of the limits of government-enforced morals.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781566632089
• ISBN-10: 1566632080
• Artikelnr.: 22194640