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A tug from the jug [electronic resource] : drinking and temperance in American genre painting, 1830-1860

Abstract: In the United States, in 1830, per capita alcohol consumption peaked at record levels and then began to decline as the temperance movement worked to curtail American drinking. Although the goal of a sober nation was laudable, the movement's fundamental bias toward a white, middle-clas...

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Main Author: Kilbane, Nora C.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006.
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Ohio State University > Dissertations.
Art, American > 19th century.
Genre painting, American > 19th century.
Drinking in art.
Temperance in art.
Race in art.
Working class in art.
Alcohol.
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Call Number: DISK N 8217 .D67 K55 2006
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