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Prohibition : a concise history / W. J. Rorabaugh.

By: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]Description: viii, 133 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780190689933 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1730973 23
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Drinking and Temperance -- Chapter 2: The Dry Crusade -- Chapter 3: Prohibition -- Chapter 4: Repeal -- Chapter 5: Legacies -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.
Summary: "From 1920 to 1933 Americans were generally barred from making, transporting, or selling alcoholic beverages. While this attempt to impose prohibition did not last long, drinking habits did change dramatically. In this elegant and accessible introduction, W. J. Rorabaugh, the leading historian of American drinking patterns, explains how and why Prohibition came about, how it worked (and failed to work), and how it gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: New acquisitions 2018
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 364.173 ROR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438865

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Drinking and Temperance -- Chapter 2: The Dry Crusade -- Chapter 3: Prohibition -- Chapter 4: Repeal -- Chapter 5: Legacies -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index.

"From 1920 to 1933 Americans were generally barred from making, transporting, or selling alcoholic beverages. While this attempt to impose prohibition did not last long, drinking habits did change dramatically. In this elegant and accessible introduction, W. J. Rorabaugh, the leading historian of American drinking patterns, explains how and why Prohibition came about, how it worked (and failed to work), and how it gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol"-- Provided by publisher.

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