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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lerner, Michael A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edición:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Prohibition > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Prohibition
Social conditions
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Manhattan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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