Dry Manhattan [[electronic resource] ] : prohibition in New York City / / Michael A. Lerner

• Autore: Lerner Michael A
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.4109747109042
• Soggetto topico: Prohibition - New York (State) - New York - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century; New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century
• Classificazione: MS 6410
• Note generali: Originally published: 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-341) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dry Manhattan
• ISBN: 0-674-04009-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818118203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II