Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index.
Contents
The dry crusade -- A new era? -- A hopeless and thankless task -- The brewers of bigotry -- The itch to try new things -- Vote as you drink -- I represent the women of America! -- Hootch joints in Harlem -- Al Smith, the wet hope of the nation -- The end of the party -- A surging wet tide -- The wet convention and the New Deal.
Summary
In this evocative history, Lerner reveals Prohibition to be the defining issue of the era, the first major 'culture war' of the 20th century, and a harbinger of the social and moral debates that divide America even today.
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