- Description
- 1 online resource (250 pages)
- Summary
- "Wartime consumption of beer, wine, and spirits by civilians and soldiers in both North and South inflected debates over alcohol's effects on the individual body as well as the body politic. While drunkenness was a clear vice that threatened the war effort on both sides of the conflict, alcohol nevertheless was integral in military culture and medical departments for keeping soldiers healthy and fit for service. Bever shows how over time, the idea spread that sobriety was an essential trait of good, patriotic men, but this left Civil War veterans (many of whom continued to drink) outside the culture of acceptable masculine behavior at war's end"--
- Series Statement
- Civil War America
- Uniform Title
- At war with king alcohol (Online)
- Civil War America (Series)
- Alternative Title
- At war with king alcohol (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- A revival of the temperance cause? -- Supplying the spirit ration in the Union and Confederate armies -- The drinking practices of officers and enlisted men -- Mishaps, morality, masculinity, and military discipline -- Military regulations and civilian sellers -- Controlling the traffic in the Union and Confederate states -- Drinking, duty, and disloyalty.
- LCCN
- 2022008947
- OCLC
- ssj0002686641
- Author
Bever, Megan L. (Megan Leigh), 1984-
- Title
At war with king alcohol [electronic resource] : debating drinking and masculinity in the Civil War / Megan L. Bever.
- Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Series
Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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