Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition / Edition 1

by Norman H. Clark

Overview

This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against on 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 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393091700
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/17/1976
Series:	Norton Essays in American History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)