Bootleggers and Borders : the Paradox of Prohibition on a Canada-U.S. Borderland.
Between 1920 and 1933 the issue of prohibition proved to be the greatest challenge to Canada-U.S. relations. When the United States adopted national prohibition in 1920-ironically, just as Canada was abandoning its own national and provincial experiments with prohibition-U.S. tourists and dollars pr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
UNP - Nebraska,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface: The Natures of Border""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Creating a Smuggler�s Paradise""; ""2. A Cross-Border Crusade""; ""3. Refugees from Volstead""; ""4. The Halcyon Days of Rum-Running""; ""5. Symbol of Sovereignty""; ""6. The Beryl G (and Second Thoughts)""; ""7. Customs Scandals (and More Second Thoughts)""; ""8. Neighbors and Neighbours""; ""9. British Columbia and the Origins of American Repeal""; ""Epilogue: Paradox Revisited""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""