{"product_id":"drinking-in-america-mark-edward-lender-9780029185704","title":"Drinking in America: A History","description":"\u003cb\u003eNewly revised and updated, this engaging narrative chronicles America's delight in drink and its simultaneous fight against it for the past 350 years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Plymouth Rock, 1621, to New York City, 1987, Mark Edward Lender and James Kirby Martin guide readers through the history of drinks and drinkers in America, including how popular reactions to this ubiquitous habit have mirror and helped shape national response to a number of moral and social issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 1800, the temperance movement was born, playing a central role in American politics for the next 100 years, equating abstinence with 100-proof Americanism. And today, the authors attest, a \"neotemperance\" movement seems to be emerging in response to heightened public awareness of the consequences of alcohol abuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Edward Lender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 002918570X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780029185704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Mark Edward Lender","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128406667519,"sku":"9780029185704","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6061768a-e6c4-4ab4-b5cc-2cd2693433af.jpg?v=1687458541","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drinking-in-america-mark-edward-lender-9780029185704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}