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001 2014046096
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008 141211s2015 ilua b 001 0 eng
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020 $z9780252097409 (e-book)
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050 00 $aHV5235.M6$bM49 2015
082 00 $a178/.10977657909034$223
084 $aSOC028000$aSOC007000$aHIS036060$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMeyer, Sabine N.,$d1979-
245 10 $aWe are what we drink :$bthe temperance battle in Minnesota /$cSabine N. Meyer.
264 1 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$c[2015].
300 $axiv, 269 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-255) and index.
520 $a"Sabine N. Meyer eschews the generalities of other temperance histories to provide a close-grained story about the connections between alcohol consumption and identity in the upper Midwest. Meyer examines the ever-shifting ways that ethnicity, gender, class, religion, and place interacted with each other during the long temperance battle in Minnesota. Her deconstruction of Irish and German ethnic positioning with respect to temperance activism provides a rare interethnic history of the movement. At the same time, she shows how women engaged in temperance work as a way to form public identities and reforges the largely neglected, yet vital link between female temperance and suffrage activism. Relatedly, Meyer reflects on the continuities and changes between how the movement functioned to construct identity in the heartland versus the movement's more often studied roles in the East. She also gives a nuanced portrait of the culture clash between a comparatively reform-minded Minneapolis and dynamic anti-temperance forces in whiskey-soaked St. Paul--forces supported by government, community, and business institutions heavily invested in keeping the city wet. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Focusing on the Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, this project examines the ways in which the involvement of Irish and German immigrants and women in the temperance movement helped to shape their categories of identity and establish positions within society. Sabine Meyer intertwines national, regional, and urban history during the Progressive era, along with the political motivations and legislative actions at the city and state level in Minnesota, to reveal the temperance movement's relationships and interactions with identity constructions and social, ethnic, racial, and political elements. By focusing closely on a Midwestern locale, Meyer is able to reflect on the continuities and changes between how the temperance movement functioned to construct identity in the heartland versus the movement's more often studied roles in the East"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aTemperance$zMinnesota$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aTemperance$zMinnesota$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWoman's Temperance Crusade, 1873-1874.
650 0 $aWomen social reformers$zMinnesota$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen immigrants$xPolitical activity$zMinnesota$xHistory.
610 20 $aWoman's Christian Temperance Union of Minnesota$xHistory.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh