Status politics and the american temperance movement by gusfield, joseph r. Status politics and the american temperance movement 2nd ed. Drinking, driving, and the symbolic order and community. Status politics and the american temperance movement. Gusfield has 12 books on goodreads with 276 ratings. Status politics and the american temperance movement 97802520126. Gusfield reprinted from symbolic crusade by joseph r. Gusfields book, symbolic crusade, discusses the temperance movement in america history. Gusfield, a longtime member of the sociology department at the university of california at san diego, is currently a fellow at the center for advanced study in the behavioral sciences in california. Urbana, ill university of illinois press, 1963, pp. The book based on this research was published in 1963 as symbolic crusade.
The important role of the temperance movement throughout american history is analyzed as clashes and conflicts between rival social systems, cultures, and status groups. This significant contribution to the theory of status conflict also discloses the importance. As an interpretation of the temperance movement, the book is an unqualified success. This significant contribution to the theory of status conflict also discloses the importance of political acts as symbolic. He is the author of the culture of public problems. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Sometimes the dry is winning the classic battle for prestige and political power. Gusfield s most popular book is on symbols and society. For many observers of american life the temperance movement is evidence for an excessive. University of illinois press, 1963 temperance 198 pages.
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