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"Prohibition Is Here to Stay": The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America

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Description for "Prohibition Is Here to Stay": The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America Paperback. Focuses on the Reverend Edward S Shumaker, a Methodist minister who for nearly twenty-five years led Indiana's influential chapter of the Anti Saloon League. This book uses Shumaker's life and work to shed light on the rise and fall of Prohibition and to better understand and appreciate the interplay of religion and politics in American culture. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.

Prohibition Is Here to Stay focuses on the Reverend Edward S. Shumaker, a Methodist minister who for nearly twenty-five years led Indiana's influential chapter of the Anti Saloon League. Shumaker was one of the most powerful men in Indiana in the fight against demon rum, and his influence extended well beyond the boundaries of the state during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Jason Lantzer uses Shumaker's life and work to shed new light on the rise and fall of Prohibition and to better understand and appreciate the interplay of religion and politics in American culture.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268033835
SKU
V9780268033835
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About Jason S. Lantzer
Jason S. Lantzer is an adjunct history faculty member of Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, and Butler University.

Reviews for "Prohibition Is Here to Stay": The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America
“Jason Lantzer's excellent biography of Edward Shumaker places one of America's most successful Prohibition crusaders in the very center of American religion and reform. Lantzer's careful research and thoughtful analysis sharply contradicts the tendency to see Prohibition as a mere sidebar to American history and opens our minds to the connections between political activism and religious faith.” —James H. Madison, ... Read more

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