A new survey of the temperance movement in the USA is available. It is Thomas R. Pegram, _Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle for a Dry America, 1800-1933_ (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1998). Clothbound ISBN is 1566632080, paperback ISBN is 1566632099. Pegram teaches history at Loyola College in Maryland, 4501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210-2699.