Description
Murdock deftly interweaves the histories of temperance, drinking customs and women's rights. Her insightful and fluently-written synthesis will enlighten the general reader and compel the attention of specialists in a variety of disciplines. -- Jack Blocker, author of American Temperance Movements: Cycles of Reform and "Give to the Winds Thy Fears": The Women's Temperance Crusade, 1873-1874
About the Author
Catherine Gilbert Murdock is a lecturer in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program at Bryn Mawr College.
Reviews
Murdock's contributions to the social history of alcohol are many... Perhaps most significantly, she reveals the crucial role that respectable female drinkers played in both achieving and dismantling the Eighteenth Amendment. -- Madelon Powers American Historical Review Murdock writes the history of prohibition and repeal, and also of American drinking habits, as women's history. She argues that women's drinking had a positive effect: it domesticated the male use of alcohol. -- Lowell Edmunds Social History of Alcohol Review By using the changing perceptions of alcohol and gender as the focus, Murdock deftly illustrates the social and political events that impacted American culture. -- Allison M. Lampton American Studies International
Book Information
ISBN 9780801868702
Author Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press