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edocfu_9958352049302883
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Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2007. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780674040090
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. The Dry Crusade --
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2. A New Era? --
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3. A Hopeless and Thankless Task --
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4. The Brewers of Bigotry --
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5. The Itch to Try New Things --
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6. Vote as You Drink --
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7. I Represent the Women of America! --
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8. Hootch Joints in Harlem --
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9. Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation --
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10. The End of the Party --
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11. A Surging Wet Tide --
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12. The Wet Convention and the New Deal --
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Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674040090
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040090
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