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The New Temperance

The New Temperance: The American Obsession With Sin and Vice

Hardback Published on: 13/09/2019
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Synopsis

The war on drugs ? the campaigns against smoking cigarettes ? v-chips to control what children watch on TV ? censoring the Internet and Calvin Klein jeans ads?bipartisan lectures about the dangers of teen sex ? constant warnings about food and fat ? all are examples of what David Wagner terms the ?New Temperance.?The New Temperance contrasts the ne

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780367318796
  • Number of pages: 243
  • Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 1000g
  • Languages: English