Grappling with demon rum

Grappling with demon rum: the cultural struggle over liquor in early Oklahoma
James E. Klein
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.
ISBN: 0806139382   ISBN13: 9780806139388   DDC: 363.4109766   LCC: HV5090   Edition: (hc : alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-230) and index.

Liquor and liquor policy in territorial Oklahoma -- Oklahoma goes dry
-- Early statehood: dry ascendancy and wet underground -- Paper
prohibition: enforcement problems continue -- Oklahoma drys: the
shadow government -- Dry Oklahoma: the class nature of the movement
-- Wet Oklahoma: liquor men and the saloon -- The Oklahoma liquor
question as a class issue.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 363.4109766 -- Other social problems & services
LCC Number: HV5090

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: x, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (hc : alk. paper)

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