{"product_id":"domesticating-drink-catherine-gilbert-murdock-9780801868702","title":"Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe period of prohibition, from 1919 to 1933, marks the fault line between the cultures of Victorian and modern America. In \u003ci\u003eDomesticating Drink\u003c\/i\u003e, Murdock argues that the debates surrounding alcohol also marked a divide along gender lines. For much of early American history, men generally did the drinking, and women and children were frequently the victims of alcohol-associated violence and abuse. As a result, women stood at the fore of the temperance and prohibition movements and, as Murdock explains, effectively used the fight against drunkenness as a route toward political empowerment and participation. At the same time, respectable women drank at home, in a pattern of moderation at odds with contemporaneous male alcohol abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1920s, with federal prohibition a reality, many women began to assert their hard-won sense of freedom by becoming social drinkers in places other than the home. Murdock's study of how this development took place broadens our understanding of the social and cultural history of alcohol and the various issues that surround it. As alcohol continues to spark debate about behaviors, attitudes, and gender roles, \u003ci\u003eDomesticating Drink\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable historical context and important lessons for understanding and responding to the evolving use, and abuse, of drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Gilbert Murdock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080186870X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801868702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.69d","brand":"Catherine Gilbert Murdock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056906432767,"sku":"9780801868702","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6291cb98-6c1a-4496-bc6a-872f0d440936.jpg?v=1685043924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/domesticating-drink-catherine-gilbert-murdock-9780801868702","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}