Symbolic Crusade

by Joseph R. Gusfield and GUSFIELD

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252745183
• ISBN13: 9780252745188
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

excellent sociological review

This book has less to do with alcoholism than it has to do with being a basic sociological primer. Gusfield explains basic terminology and walks the reader through a sociological evaluation that could be used to examine any topic. Excellent!