Dry Manhattan : prohibition in New York City / Michael A. Lerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lerner, Michael A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prohibition--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Prohibition.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-341) and index.

ISBN:

9780674040090

0674040090

OCLC:

1013948380