Beschreibung:
Catherine Gilbert Murdock is a lecturer in the Growth and Structure of Cities Program at Bryn Mawr College.
"By using the changing perceptions of alcohol and gender as the focus, Murdock deftly illustrates the social and political events that impacted American culture." -- "American Studies International"
Contents: List of Illustrations List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Gender, Prohibition, Suffrage, and Power 2 Domestic Drink in Victorian America 3 Startling Changes in the Public Realm 4 Prohibition, Cocktails, Law Observance, and the American Home 5 Prohibition and Woman's Public Sphere in the 1920s 6 The Moral Authority of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform 7 The Domestication of Drink Epilogue Notes Essay on Sources Index