Drunkenness as an Offense in Early New England; A Study of “Puritan” Attitudes
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 34 (2) , 353-366
- https://doi.org/10.15288/qjsa.1973.34.353
Abstract
The contemporary notion of a consistently intolerant “Puritan” attitude toward alcohol and drunkenness is a distortion. Seventeenth-century New Englanders tried a variety of methods to control alcohol misuse and were often tolerant of the drunkard.Keywords
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