Author: Matthew Simpson HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prohibition
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Logic of Prohibition
Author: Matthew Simpson HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prohibition
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Logic of Prohibition
Author: Matt; S. HughesPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330217214
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Excerpt from The Logic of Prohibition These studies are the outgrowth of practical campaign experience. They are designed to place before the reader, citizen or advocate, the salient points of the prohibition side of the great controversy at the smallest expense of time and labor. The subjects were suggested by the opposition in speeches, pamphlets and joint debates. The discussion has to do with principles and therefore makes little use of statistics. These change from year to year and are always available from other sources. In the long conflict the lines of battle are continually shifted and the methods of defense frequently changed. For this reason new preparation is needed for each campaign. A series of newspaper articles, some of which were circulated as pamphlets, brought such numerous requests for publication in permanent form that this little book is given to the public in the hope that it will prove helpful. The author desires to acknowledge the kindly services rendered in publication by Mr. Charles H. Prisk, editor and publisher of The Pasadena Star. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The False Logic of Prohibition
Author: F. J. BourneThe Logic of Prohibition
Author: Matthew S. HughesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780649390526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Logic of Prohibition
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781347628058
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Prohibition
Author: Francis RedwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prohibition
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
The Philosophy of Prohibition ...
Author: C. M. McKinnonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prohibition
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State
Author: Lisa McGirrPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393248798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
“[This] fine history of Prohibition . . . could have a major impact on how we read American political history.”—James A. Morone, New York Times Book Review Prohibition has long been portrayed as a “noble experiment” that failed, a newsreel story of glamorous gangsters, flappers, and speakeasies. Now at last Lisa McGirr dismantles this cherished myth to reveal a much more significant history. Prohibition was the seedbed for a pivotal expansion of the federal government, the genesis of our contemporary penal state. Her deeply researched, eye-opening account uncovers patterns of enforcement still familiar today: the war on alcohol was waged disproportionately in African American, immigrant, and poor white communities. Alongside Jim Crow and other discriminatory laws, Prohibition brought coercion into everyday life and even into private homes. Its targets coalesced into an electoral base of urban, working-class voters that propelled FDR to the White House. This outstanding history also reveals a new genome for the activist American state, one that shows the DNA of the right as well as the left. It was Herbert Hoover who built the extensive penal apparatus used by the federal government to combat the crime spawned by Prohibition. The subsequent federal wars on crime, on drugs, and on terror all display the inheritances of the war on alcohol. McGirr shows the powerful American state to be a bipartisan creation, a legacy not only of the New Deal and the Great Society but also of Prohibition and its progeny. The War on Alcohol is history at its best—original, authoritative, and illuminating of our past and its continuing presence today.
The Origins of Prohibition
Author: John Allen KroutPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prohibition
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Prohibition
Author: W. J. RorabaughPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190689935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made Prohibition law: alcohol could no longer be produced, imported, transported, or sold. This bizarre episode is often humorously recalled, frequently satirized, and usually condemned. The more interesting questions, however, are how and why Prohibition came about, how Prohibition worked (and failed to work), and how Prohibition gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol. This book answers these questions, presenting a brief and elegant overview of the Prohibition era and its legacy. During the 1920s alcohol prices rose, quality declined, and consumption dropped. The black market thrived, filling the pockets of mobsters and bootleggers. Since beer was too bulky to hide and largely disappeared, drinkers sipped cocktails made with moonshine or poor-grade imported liquor. The all-male saloon gave way to the speakeasy, where together men and women drank, smoked, and danced to jazz. After the onset of the Great Depression, support for Prohibition collapsed because of the rise in gangster violence and the need for revenue at local, state, and federal levels. As public opinion turned, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to repeal Prohibition in 1932. The legalization of beer came in April 1933, followed by the Twenty-first Amendment's repeal of the Eighteenth that December. State alcohol control boards soon adopted strong regulations, and their legacies continue to influence American drinking habits. Soon after, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The alcohol problem had shifted from being a moral issue during the nineteenth century to a social, cultural, and political one during the campaign for Prohibition, and finally, to a therapeutic one involving individuals. As drinking returned to pre-Prohibition levels, a Neo-Prohibition emerged, led by groups such as Mothers against Drunk Driving, and ultimately resulted in a higher legal drinking age and other legislative measures. With his unparalleled expertise regarding American drinking patterns, W. J. Rorabaugh provides an accessible synthesis of one of the most important topics in US history, a topic that remains relevant today amidst rising concerns over binge-drinking and alcohol culture on college campuses.