Dry Manhattan : : Prohibition in New York City / / Michael A. LERNER.
In 1919, the United States made its boldest attempt at social reform: Prohibition. This "noble experiment" was aggressively promoted, and spectacularly unsuccessful, in New York City. In the first major work on Prohibition in a quarter century, and the only full history of Prohibition in t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Dry Crusade -- 2. A New Era? -- 3. A Hopeless and Thankless Task -- 4. The Brewers of Bigotry -- 5. The Itch to Try New Things -- 6. Vote as You Drink -- 7. I Represent the Women of America! -- 8. Hootch Joints in Harlem -- 9. Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation -- 10. The End of the Party -- 11. A Surging Wet Tide -- 12. The Wet Convention and the New Deal -- Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | In 1919, the United States made its boldest attempt at social reform: Prohibition. This "noble experiment" was aggressively promoted, and spectacularly unsuccessful, in New York City. In the first major work on Prohibition in a quarter century, and the only full history of Prohibition in the era's most vibrant city, Lerner describes a battle between competing visions of the United States that encompassed much more than the freedom to drink. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674040090 9783110442205 9783110459517 9783110662566 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674040090 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Michael A. LERNER. |