Umfang:
xxiii, 725 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Portraits (schwarz-weiß).
ISBN:
978-0-19-084157-7
,
0-19-084157-5
Inhalt:
"The book begins with a vignette of the world's most famous-and most misunderstood-prohibitionist: the hatchet-wielding saloon smasher, Carrie Nation. A deeper investigation finds that she was anything but the Bible-thumping, white, conservative evangelical that she's commonly made-out to be; but rather a populist-progressive equal-rights crusader. Chapter 1 lays bare the shortcomings of the dominant, historical narrative of temperance and prohibitionism as uniquely American developments resulting from a clash of religious and cultural groups. By examining the global history of prohibition, we can shed new light on the American experience. Answering the fundamental question-why prohibition? This book argues that temperance was a global resistance movement against imperialism, subjugation, and the predatory capitalism of a liquor traffic in which political and economic elites profited handsomely from the addiction and misery of the people"--
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB Schrad, Mark Lawrence Smashing the liquor machine New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] ISBN 978-0-19-084159-1
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Schrad, Mark Lawrence Smashing the liquor machine New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] ISBN 978-0-19-752332-2
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Ethnologie
Schlagwort(e):
Prohibition
;
History
;
History
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URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032742721&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
