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Moonshiners and prohibitionists : the battle over alcohol in southern Appalachia /
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol-an integral part of daily life for many Appalach...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2011.
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| Colección: | New directions in southern history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol-an integral part of daily life for many Appalachians-was banned. In Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia, Bruce E. Stewart chronicles the social tensions that accompanied the region's early transition from a rural to an urban-industrial economy. Stewart analyzes the dynamic relationship of the bootlegger. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813130170 0813130174 9780813140094 0813140099 9780813135670 0813135672 1283079658 9781283079655 9786613079657 6613079650 |