Symbolic Crusade: Status Politics and the American Temperance Movement (2nd edition)
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- Synopsis
- For many observers of American life the temperance movement is evidence for an excessive moral perfectionism and an overly legalistic bent to American culture. It seems the action of devoted sectarians who are unable to compromise with human impulse. The legal measures taken to enforce abstinence display the reputed American faith in the power of law to correct all evils. This moralism and utopianism bring smiles to the cynical and fear to the sinners. Such a movement seems at once naive, intolerant, saintly, and silly.
- Copyright:
- 1986
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 226 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780252013126
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/27/10
- Copyrighted By:
- Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.