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Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition (Norton Essays in American History)
 
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October 17, 1976 0393091708 978-0393091700

This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against on of its most public devastations—drunkenness.

It shows the profound impact of the prohibition movement on political history before 1916 and analyzes its ambiguous triumph in the 1920s. In doing so, it reveals the relationship between liquor control and the unique moral history of the American family. Here is social history at its best, wiping away the myth and legends of the past.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 246 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (October 17, 1976)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393091708
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393091700
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #796,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Clark does an incredibly competent job of explaining the feelings of both urban and rural Americans over the last three centuries. He exposes the political depth that was the Prohibition movement. Being a "wet" or a "dry" reminded me of the current struggle between "pro-choice" and "pro-life" factions. The book also does well on introducing the major personalities of the movement. A great first read for anyone interested in Prohibition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Clark analyzes and critiques Prohibition not as a historical moment, but as a movement, originating in the 16th century. This book is very well researched and a thorough bibliography is included. An interesting aspect that is brought to light is the rural vs. urban issue of 18th and 19th century America. Overall, this text is a very good introduction to the politics of the prohibition movement.
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This book is a survey of the social trends and political movement that over a hundred years sought to bring about prohibition culminating in the Volstead Act and also describes the social changes that lead to its relatively speedy demise.
It is also a narrative of over a hundred years of American society.
Essentially, the book shows how prohibition was a progressive social movement similar to the movement for the abolition of slavery and was at the forefront of trendy thinking throughout the 19th century which then fell out of favour with the new America of the 20th century, and especially among the 1920s Great Gatsby set. Prohibition was once cool and then it wasn't.
Despite being an analytical socio-historical survey, it creates sadness at the tale of the growth and then the demise of an older, idealistic and more innocent socially responsible American society to be replaced by a more individualistic media driven consumer society, essentially the America of today.
This book puts prohibition in its correct context without which it would not be possible to accurately assess it. The book makes it clear that prohibition is much misunderstood and misaligned in our time by those who are unable to see from the perspective of those times. Reading this book is a good way of rectifying this.
While being an analytical social-historical report, it is also highly readable and likely to be accessible to most readers. The book remains as important today as when published due to its sympathetic though critical treatment of the prohibition movement and due to the biases of other writings on the subject.
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