Liquor in the land of the lost cause

Coker, Joe L., 1969-

Liquor in the land of the lost cause southern white evangelicals and the prohibition movement / [electronic resource] : Joe L. Coker. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2007. - x, 329 p. - Religion in the South . - Religion in the South. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and index.

Introduction -- "Distilled damnation" : temperance before 1880 -- "It is not enough that the church should be sober" : drying up the South, 1880-1915 -- "Why don't he give his attention to saving sinners?" : prohibition and politics -- "But what seek those dark ballots?" : prohibition and race -- "Let the cowards vote as they will, I'm for prohibition still" : prohibition and the southern cult of honor -- "Some of our best preachers part their hair in the middle" : prohibition and gender -- Conclusion.


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Temperance and religion--History.--Southern States
Prohibition--History.--Southern States


Electronic books.

HV5187 / .C65 2007eb

363.4/1097509034