| Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition Contributor(s): Clark, Norman H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393091708 ISBN-13: 9780393091700 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1976 Annotation: This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against one of its most public devastations--drunkenness. It shows the profound impact of the prohibition movement on political history before 1916 and analyzes its ambiguous triumph in the 1920's. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 322.440 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Series: Norton Essays in American History |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.29" W x 7.97" (0.61 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It shows the profound impact of the prohibition movement on political history before 1916 and analyzes its ambiguous triumph in the 1920s. In doing so, it reveals the relationship between liquor control and the unique moral history of the American family. Here is social history at its best, wiping away the myth and legends of the past. |