Prohibition
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The Origins Of Prohibition
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Author : John Allen Krout
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Origins Of Prohibition written by John Allen Krout and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Prohibition categories.
Last Call
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Author : Daniel Okrent
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Last Call written by Daniel Okrent and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with History categories.
A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920 to 1933, when the U.S. Constitution was amended to restrict one of America’s favorite pastimes: drinking alcoholic beverages. From its start, America has been awash in drink. The sailing vessel that brought John Winthrop to the shores of the New World in 1630 carried more beer than water. By the 1820s, liquor flowed so plentifully it was cheaper than tea. That Americans would ever agree to relinquish their booze was as improbable as it was astonishing. Yet we did, and Last Call is Daniel Okrent’s dazzling explanation of why we did it, what life under Prohibition was like, and how such an unprecedented degree of government interference in the private lives of Americans changed the country forever. Writing with both wit and historical acuity, Okrent reveals how Prohibition marked a confluence of diverse forces: the growing political power of the women’s suffrage movement, which allied itself with the antiliquor campaign; the fear of small-town, native-stock Protestants that they were losing control of their country to the immigrants of the large cities; the anti-German sentiment stoked by World War I; and a variety of other unlikely factors, ranging from the rise of the automobile to the advent of the income tax. Through it all, Americans kept drinking, going to remarkably creative lengths to smuggle, sell, conceal, and convivially (and sometimes fatally) imbibe their favorite intoxicants. Last Call is peopled with vivid characters of an astonishing variety: Susan B. Anthony and Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan and bootlegger Sam Bronfman, Pierre S. du Pont and H. L. Mencken, Meyer Lansky and the incredible—if long-forgotten—federal official Mabel Walker Willebrandt, who throughout the twenties was the most powerful woman in the country. (Perhaps most surprising of all is Okrent’s account of Joseph P. Kennedy’s legendary, and long-misunderstood, role in the liquor business.) It’s a book rich with stories from nearly all parts of the country. Okrent’s narrative runs through smoky Manhattan speakeasies, where relations between the sexes were changed forever; California vineyards busily producing “sacramental” wine; New England fishing communities that gave up fishing for the more lucrative rum-running business; and in Washington, the halls of Congress itself, where politicians who had voted for Prohibition drank openly and without apology. Last Call is capacious, meticulous, and thrillingly told. It stands as the most complete history of Prohibition ever written and confirms Daniel Okrent’s rank as a major American writer.
The Rise And Fall Of Prohibition
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Author : Charles Hanson Towne
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-03
The Rise And Fall Of Prohibition written by Charles Hanson Towne and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-03 with Fiction categories.
The author brought the readers back to the Prohibition era when a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages occurred from 1920 to 1933. He specifically emphasized the various interest groups involved and their conflicting interests inevitably caused the Prohibition to fail.
Repealing National Prohibition
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Author : Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2000
Repealing National Prohibition written by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A study of the political reaction against the 18th Amendment, a response that led to its reversal 14 years later by the 21st Amendment. This work uses archival evidence to examine the liquor ban and to draw attention to the bi-partisan movement led by the Association Against Prohibition Amendment.
The Cyclopaedia Of Temperance And Prohibition
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Cyclopaedia Of Temperance And Prohibition written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Prohibition categories.
Prohibition The Era Of Excess
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Author : Andrew Sinclair
language : en
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
Release Date : 1962
Prohibition The Era Of Excess written by Andrew Sinclair and has been published by Boston : Little, Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Prohibition categories.
The prohibition of liquor in the United States from 1920 to 1933 created the myth of the flapper and gangster. Andrew Sinclair's account was the first comprehensive study and it shows how this extraordinary experiment was the product of the age-old conflict of country against city, of the God-fearing farmer against the corrupt urban rich and the new immigrants with their imported religions and beer. Prohibition represented the last attempt of rural America to stem the tide of history that was transforming the country from an agricultural to an industrial nations. It stood for tradition and the old American way of life. Its defeat was tragedy as well as a comedy. The lessons of such an attempt at social control are relevant to all societies, old and new. -- amazon.com
Prohibition
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Author : Andrew Sinclair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Prohibition written by Andrew Sinclair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with categories.
A Criticism Of National Prohibition
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Author : Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926
A Criticism Of National Prohibition written by Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with Constitutional amendments categories.
National Prohibition Law
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bills To Amend the National Prohibition Act
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1926
National Prohibition Law written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bills To Amend the National Prohibition Act and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1926 with Prohibition categories.
Considers (69) S. 33, (69) S. 34, (69) S. 591, (69) S. 592, (69) S. 3118, (69) S.J. Res. 34, (69) S.J. Res. 81, (69) S.J. Res. 85, (69) S. 3823, (69) S. 3411, (69) S. 3891.
Prohibition
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Author : Joan Stoltman
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2018-07-15
Prohibition written by Joan Stoltman and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
The story of Prohibition in the United States is one of extremes, with temperance crusaders on one side working to ban alcohol across America and bootleggers and organized crime rings on the other side illegally transporting alcohol into speakeasies and homes. Readers explore both sides of this controversial period in American history as they learn the fascinating facts behind the passage and repeal of the 18th Amendment. The captivating main text is supplemented by a helpful timeline, relevant primary sources, informative sidebars, and annotated quotations from historical figures and scholars.