Symbolic Crusade: Status Politics and the American Temperance Movement by Joseph R. Gusfield

Symbolic Crusade: Status Politics and the American Temperance Movement

Joseph R. Gusfield

240 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced

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The important role of the Temperance movement throughout American history is analyzed as clashes and conflicts between rival social systems, cultures, and status groups. Sometimes the "dry" is winning the classic battle for prestige and political ...

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