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"Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new." "Alcoholism in America tells the story of physicians, politicians, court officials, and families struggling to address the increasing danger of excessive alcohol consumption at the turn of the century. Beginning with the formation of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates in 1870 and concluding with the enactment of Prohibition in 1920, this study examines the effect of the disease concept on individual drinkers and their families and friends, as well as the ongoing battle between policymakers and the professional medical community for jurisdiction over alcohol problems."--BOOK JACKET.
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Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
2007, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
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Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
April 6, 2007, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback
in English
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Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
2005, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
1435692721 9781435692725
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Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
May 25, 2005, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover
in English
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"On the eve of the U.S. Centennial, the American Medical Association convened in Philadelphia, where founder of the American temperance movement Benjamin Rush had signed the Declaration of Independence."
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