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American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition.
In 1933 Americans did something they had never done before: they voted to repeal an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment, which for 13 years had prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, was nullified by the passage of another amendment, the Twenty-First. Ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1995.
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| Colección: | American Social Experience S.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE American Women and the Prohibition Movement; CHAPTER TWO Women's Politics, Home Protection, and the Morality of Prohibition in the 1920s; CHAPTER THREE Women and the Repeal Issue: Three Visions; CHAPTER FOUR The Campaign; CHAPTER FIVE Nonpartisanship, National Politics, and the Momentum for Repeal; CHAPTER SIX Aftermath and Conclusion; Notes; Index.