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Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior and Swearing in American History - The American Social Experience John C Burnham New edition
Bad Habits: Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior and Swearing in American History - The American Social Experience
John C Burnham
Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling.
353 pages, 34 photographs, 13 black and white drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 1, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780814712245 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 378 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 203 × 24 mm · 598 g |
| Editor | Burnham, John C. |