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05041aam a2200469 i 4500 001 268390222E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 170811t20182018nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017025526 020 $a 0190689935 020 $a 9780190689933 035 $a (OCoLC)983824464 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d OCLCQ $d CLE $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IEB $d NGP $d LNC $d XYZ $d IHV $d OCLCQ $d DLC $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d EQO $d IUL $d JDP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV5089 $b .R667 2018 084 $a HIS037080 $a HIS037080 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Rorabaugh, W. J., $e author. 245 10 $a Prohibition : $b a concise history / $c W. J. Rorabaugh. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a viii, 133 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Bolstered by the Volstead Act, this amendment made Prohibition law: alcohol could no longer be produced, imported, transported, or sold. This bizarre episode is often humorously recalled, frequently satirized, and usually condemned. The more interesting questions, however, are how and why Prohibition came about, how Prohibition worked (and failed to work), and how Prohibition gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol. This book answers these questions, presenting a brief and elegant overview of the Prohibition era and its legacy. During the 1920s alcohol prices rose, quality declined, and consumption dropped. The black market thrived, filling the pockets of mobsters and bootleggers. Since beer was too bulky to hide and largely disappeared, drinkers sipped cocktails made with moonshine or poor-grade imported liquor. The all-male saloon gave way to the speakeasy, where together men and women drank, smoked, and danced to jazz. After the onset of the Great Depression, support for Prohibition collapsed because of the rise in gangster violence and the need for revenue at local, state, and federal levels. As public opinion turned, Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to repeal Prohibition in 1932. The legalization of beer came in April 1933, followed by the Twenty-first Amendment's repeal of the Eighteenth that December. State alcohol control boards soon adopted strong regulations, and their legacies continue to influence American drinking habits. Soon after, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The alcohol problem had shifted from being a moral issue during the nineteenth century to a social, cultural, and political one during the campaign for Prohibition, and finally, to a therapeutic one involving individuals. As drinking returned to pre-Prohibition levels, a Neo-Prohibition emerged, led by groups such as Mothers against Drunk Driving, and ultimately resulted in a higher legal drinking age and other legislative measures. With his unparalleled expertise regarding American drinking patterns, W.J. Rorabaugh provides an accessible synthesis of one of the most important topics in US history, a topic that remains relevant today amidst rising concerns over binge-drinking and alcohol culture on college campuses."-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "From 1920 to 1933 Americans were generally barred from making, transporting, or selling alcoholic beverages. While this attempt to impose prohibition did not last long, drinking habits did change dramatically. In this elegant and accessible introduction, W.J. Rorabaugh, the leading historian of American drinking patterns, explains how and why Prohibition came about, how it worked (and failed to work), and how it gave way to strict governmental regulation of alcohol"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Drinking and temperance -- The dry crusade -- Prohibition -- Repeal -- Legacies. 650 0 $a Prohibition $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Temperance $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY $z United States $x 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x 21st Century. $x 21st Century. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Prohibition. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01078761 650 7 $a Temperance. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01147309 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Prohibition $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA $2 gnd 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a History. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Rorabaugh, W.J. $t Prohibition. $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2018 $z 9780190689940 $w (DLC) 2017038948 941 $a 2 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022617.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023417.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=268390222E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search