false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg 675898 2 <P>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 violence and abuse. As a result, women stood at the fore of the temperance and prohibition movements and, as Murdock explains, effectively used the fight against drunkenness as a route toward political empowerment and participation. At the same time, respectable women drank at home, in a pattern of moderation at odds with contemporaneous male alcohol abuse.</P><P>During the 1920s, with federal prohibition a reality, many women began to assert their hard-won sense of freedom by becoming social drinkers in places other than the home. Murdock's study of how this development took place broadens our understanding of the social and cultural history of alcohol and the various issues that surround it. As alcohol continues to spark debate about behaviors, attitudes, and gender roles, Domesticating Drink provides valuable historical context and important lessons for understanding and responding to the evolving use, and abuse, of drink.</P> 661901 1998 Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940 (Gender Relations in the American Experience) total:1|3:1| 1 3 7 0 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Sat Jun 13 05:14:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 05:14:10 -0700 2009 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Wed Feb 25 22:44:06 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 23:32:43 -0800 2009 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Thu Jan 15 08:51:32 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:51:32 -0800 2009 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Fri Jun 27 12:48:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 12:48:00 -0700 2008 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 3 0 false Thu Jun 05 12:19:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 12:19:41 -0700 2008 1364762 0801859409 9780801859403 0 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183012216m/1364762.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1364762.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Sun Apr 27 21:43:17 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 21:43:26 -0700 2008 675898 080186870X 9780801868702 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177028073m/675898.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/675898.Domesticating_Drink_Women_Men_and_Alcohol_in_America_1870_1940 0 0 false Sat Feb 09 07:49:35 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 07:49:42 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=675898