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Author Coker, Joe L., 1969-

Title Liquor in the land of the lost cause [electronic resource] : southern white evangelicals and the prohibition movement / Joe L. Coker.

Imprint Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 329 p.
Series Religion in the South
Religion in the South.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Temperance and religion -- Southern States -- History.
Prohibition -- Southern States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0813124719 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813124711
9780813172804 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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