Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940

by Catherine Gilbert Murdock and Professor Catherine Gilbert Murdock PhD

Book Overview

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

The period of prohibition, from 1919 to 1933, marks the fault line between the cultures of Victorian and modern America. In Domesticating Drink, Murdock argues that the debates surrounding alcohol also marked a divide along gender lines. For much of early American history, men generally did the drinking, and women and children were frequently the victims of alcohol-associated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080186870X
• ISBN13: 9780801868702
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"