Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Burnham, John C. (John Chynoweth), 1929-2017

Title Bad habits : drinking, smoking, taking drugs, gambling, sexual misbehavior, and swearing in American history / John C. Burnham.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1993]
©1993

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.0973 B966B    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 385 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series The American social experience series ; 28
American social experience series ; 28.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-373) and index.
Contents The turning point : repealing Prohibition -- Drinking -- Smoking -- Taking drugs -- Gambling -- Sexual misbehavior -- Swearing -- The coopting process -- Patterns of convergence in a complex society.
Subject Vices -- Public opinion.
Deviant behavior -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- United States.
Gambling -- history -- United States.
Sexual Behavior -- history -- United States.
Habits -- history -- United States.
Public Opinion -- United States.
Alcohol Drinking -- history -- United States.
Smoking -- history -- United States.
Substance-Related Disorders -- history -- United States.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Moral conditions.
ISBN 081471224X
-->
Add a Review