Bad Habits : : Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior and Swearing in American History / / ed. by John C. Burnham.
The vast majority of Americans have, at one point or another gotten drunk, smoked, dabbled with drugs, gambled, sworn or engaged in adultery. During the 1800s, respectable people struggled to control these behaviors, labeling them bad and the people who indulged in them unrespectable. In the twentie...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1992] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 1992 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The American Social Experience ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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