Bøger af Joseph R. Gusfield

?As an interpretation of the temperance movement, the book is an unqualified success . . . in an area of study that has been characterized by either glib statements about the social bases of movements or fixation on phenomena of goal displacement and the iron law of oligarchy, this study represents a signal contribution.?-American Journal of Sociology

From 1945 to 1960, the University of Chicago was home to a group of students whose work has come to define a second "Chicago School" of sociology. In this book, sociologists critically confront this legacy and discuss the internal conflicts that call into question the idea of a unified "school".

This work brings together a selection of the author's articles, written over a period of 20 years, observing the place of alcohol in American culture. The text also contains several ethnographic studies of bars in San Diego and a study of court-mandated programmes for drink drivers.