Symbolic Crusade by Joseph R. Gusfield - 9780252013126

Symbolic Crusade\nby Joseph R. Gusfield\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Joseph R. Gusfield\nTitle: Symbolic Crusade\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Society and culture: general\nPublisher: MO - University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 1986\nISBN-13: 9780252013126\nISBN-10: 0252013123\nRRP: \u00A321.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe important role of the Temperance movement throughout American history is analyzed as clashes and conflicts between rival social systems, cultures, and status groups. Sometimes the dry is winning the classic battle for prestige and political power. Sometimes, as in today's society, he is losing.\nThis significant contribution to the theory of status conflict also discloses the importance of political acts as symbolic acts and offers .