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Autore |
Lerner Michael A |
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Titolo |
Dry Manhattan [[electronic resource] ] : prohibition in New York City / / Michael A. Lerner |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Prohibition - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century |
New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2007. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-341) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Dry Crusade -- 2. A New Era? -- 3. A Hopeless and Thankless Task -- 4. The Brewers of Bigotry -- 5. The Itch to Try New Things -- 6. Vote as You Drink -- 7. I Represent the Women of America! -- 8. Hootch Joints in Harlem -- 9. Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation -- 10. The End of the Party -- 11. A Surging Wet Tide -- 12. The Wet Convention and the New Deal -- Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1919, the United States made its boldest attempt at social reform: Prohibition. This "noble experiment" was aggressively promoted, and spectacularly unsuccessful, in New York City. In the first major work on Prohibition in a quarter century, and the only full history of Prohibition in the era's most vibrant city, Lerner describes a battle between competing visions of the United States that encompassed much more than the freedom to drink. |
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