Alcoholism in America : from reconstruction to prohibition / Sarah W. Tracy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tracy, Sarah W., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--United States--History.

Alcoholism.

Alcoholism--Treatment--United States--History.

Alcoholism--Hospitals--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Disease concept(s) of inebriety

Cultural framing of inebriety

Institutional solutions for inebriety

Public inebriate hospitals and farm colonies

The "Foxborough experiment"

Building a boozatorium

On the vice and disease of inebriety

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9167-1

1-4356-9272-1

OCLC:

646769592