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One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900 by Lerner, Barron H.
by Lerner, Barron H. | HC | Good
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421401908
ISBN-13
9781421401904
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103126915
Product Key Features
Book Title
One for the Road : Drunk Driving since 1900
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Criminal Law / General, History
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, History, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-051484
Reviews
In the libertarian society of the US, Americans acknowledge their rights, which include driving automobiles and consuming alcoholic beverages. Innocuous independently, combined they have plagued the country for over 100 years., "Well written and passionately argued, the text explores how Americans' historic "love of alcohol, love of driving, and more abstractly, love of freedom and individual liberties" spawned a complex, centurylong, and at times self-defeating battle with drunk drivers.", ""Well written and passionately argued, the text explores how Americans' historic ""love of alcohol, love of driving, and more abstractly, love of freedom and individual liberties"" spawned a complex, centurylong, and at times self-defeating battle with drunk drivers."", Dr. Lerner's account of the long relationship between the automobile and the beverage-on both a corporate and a consumer level-is dogged, comprehensive and occasionally quite surprising., Dr. Lerner's account of the long relationship between the automobile and the beverage--on both a corporate and a consumer level--is dogged, comprehensive and occasionally quite surprising., Well written and passionately argued, the text explores how Americans' historic "love of alcohol, love of driving, and more abstractly, love of freedom and individual liberties" spawned a complex, centurylong, and at times self-defeating battle with drunk drivers.
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
363.12/5140973
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: What's the Harm? 1. The Discovery of Drunk Driving 2. Science and Government Enter the Fray 3. The MADD Mothers Take Charge 4. The Movement Matures and Splinters 5. Lawyers, Libertarians, and the Liquor LobbyFight Back 6. More (and More) Tragedies Afterword Notes Index
Synopsis
Don't drink and drive. It's a deceptively simple rule, but one that is all too often ignored. And while efforts to eliminate drunk driving have been around as long as automobiles, every movement to keep drunks from driving has hit some alarming bumps in the road. Barron H. Lerner narrates the two strong -- and vocal -- sides to this debate in the ......, Don't drink and drive. It's a deceptively simple rule, but one that is all too often ignored. And while efforts to eliminate drunk driving have been around as long as automobiles, every movement to keep drunks from driving has hit some alarming bumps in the road. Barron H. Lerner narrates the two strong -- and vocal -- sides to this debate in the United States: those who argue vehemently against drunk driving, and those who believe the problem is exaggerated and overregulated. A public health professor and historian of medicine, Lerner asks why these opposing views exist, examining drunk driving in the context of American beliefs about alcoholism, driving, individualism, and civil liberties. Angry and bereaved activist leaders and advocacy groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving campaign passionately for education and legislation, but even as people continue to be killed, many Americans remain unwilling to take stronger steps to address the problem. Lerner attributes this attitude to Americans' love of drinking and love of driving, an inadequate public transportation system, the strength of the alcohol lobby, and the enduring backlash against Prohibition. The stories of people killed and maimed by drunk drivers are heartrending, and the country's routine rejection of reasonable strategies for ending drunk driving is frustratingly inexplicable. This book is a fascinating study of the culture of drunk driving, grassroots and professional efforts to stop it, and a public that has consistently challenged and tested the limits of individual freedom. Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving. Praise for Barron H. Lerner's award-winning When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine'Lerner has done a beautiful job of tracing the degree to which celebrity patients have reflected and shaped the modern American understanding of doctors, patients, and illness.' -- New England Journal of Medicine'Lerner has created a powerful prism through his thoughtful exploration of celebrity illness, highlighting societal and cultural forces that widely affect public and private health care decisions.' -- Journal of the American Medical Association'We can learn quite a bit about our society, culture, and values from the way celebrities' illnesses are publicly portrayed... Lerner is at his best when he uses his considerable narrative skills to place these stories into their broader historical, cultural, and ethical contexts.' -- American Journal of Bioethics'In Lerner's capable hands, these dozen stories in their retelling are both colorfully dramatic narratives, ripped from the headlines (as the saying now goes) and also probing samples of historically specific contingencies and shifting attitudes.' -- Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Don't drink and drive. It's a deceptively simple rule, but one that is all too often ignored. And while efforts to eliminate drunk driving have been around as long as automobiles, every movement to keep drunks from driving has hit some alarming bumps in the road. Barron H. Lerner narrates the two strong--and vocal--sides to this debate in the United States: those who argue vehemently against drunk driving, and those who believe the problem is exaggerated and overregulated. A public health professor and historian of medicine, Lerner asks why these opposing views exist, examining drunk driving in the context of American beliefs about alcoholism, driving, individualism, and civil liberties. Angry and bereaved activist leaders and advocacy groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving campaign passionately for education and legislation, but even as people continue to be killed, many Americans remain unwilling to take stronger steps to address the problem. Lerner attributes this attitude to Americans' love of drinking and love of driving, an inadequate public transportation system, the strength of the alcohol lobby, and the enduring backlash against Prohibition. The stories of people killed and maimed by drunk drivers are heartrending, and the country's routine rejection of reasonable strategies for ending drunk driving is frustratingly inexplicable. This book is a fascinating study of the culture of drunk driving, grassroots and professional efforts to stop it, and a public that has consistently challenged and tested the limits of individual freedom. Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving.
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HE5620.D72L47 2011
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