Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800-1933 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781566632089)

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.

Author: Thomas R. Pegram
ISBN-10: 1566632080
ISBN-13: 9781566632089
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1998
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.71w x 0.93d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/06/1998 pg. 40
Library Journal 08/01/1998 pg. 112
Booklist 08/01/1998 pg. 1935