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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Burns, Eric.     Subjects     Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- United States -- History.     Drinking customs -- United States -- History.     Temperance -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Burns, Eric.       by title:      The spirits of Ameri...         MARC Display

The spirits of America : a social history of alcohol / Eric Burns. by Burns, Eric. Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2004. Subjects Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- United States -- History.   Drinking customs -- United States -- History.   Temperance -- United States -- History. ISBN:  1592132146 (cloth : alk. paper) : Description:  336 p. ; 24 cm. Requests:  0 Summary:  In The spirits of America, Burns relates that drinking was "the first national pastime," and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. He details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again and how it was thought of as both scourge and medicine. He tells us how "the great American thirst" developed over the centuries, and how reform movements and laws sprang up to combat it. Burns brings back to life such vivid characters as Carrie Nation and other crusaders against drink. He informs us that, in the final analysis, Prohibition, the culmination of the reformers' quest, had as much to do with politics and economics and geography as it did with spirituous beverage.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 394.13 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 394.13 Bu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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