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Prohibition's Greatest Myths - The Distilled Truth about America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,042
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Prohibition's Greatest Myths - The Distilled Truth about America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade (Hardcover): Michael Lewis,...

Prohibition's Greatest Myths - The Distilled Truth about America's Anti-Alcohol Crusade (Hardcover)

Michael Lewis, Richard Hamm; Garrett Peck, Joe Coker, Thomas R. Pegram, H. Paul Thompson, Lisa M. F. Andersen, Mark Schrad, Robert Beach, Anne-Marie E. Szymanski

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The word ""prohibition"" tends to conjure up images of smoky basement speakeasies, dancing flappers, and hardened gangsters bootlegging whiskey. Such stereotypes, a prominent historian recently noted in the Washington Post, confirm that Americans' ""common understanding of the prohibition era is based more on folklore than fact."" Popular culture has given us a very strong, and very wrong, picture of what the period was like. Prohibition's Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth about America's Anti-A Alcohol Crusade aims to correct common misperceptions with ten essays by scholars who have spent their careers studying different aspects of the era. Each contributor unravels one myth, revealing the historical evidence that supports, complicates, or refutes our longA -held beliefs about the Eighteenth Amendment. H. Paul Thompson Jr., Joe L. Coker, Lisa M. F. Andersen, and Ann Marie E. Szymanski examine the political and religious factors in early twentiethA -century America that led to the push for prohibition, including the temperance movement, the influences of religious conservatism and liberalism, the legislation of individual behavior, and the lingering effects of World War I. From there, several contributors analyze how the laws of prohibition were enforced. Michael Lewis discredits the idea that alcohol consumption increased during the era, while Richard F. Hamm clarifies the connections between prohibition and organized crime, and Thomas R. Pegram demonstrates that issues other than the failure of prohibition contributed to the amendment's repeal. Finally, contributors turn to prohibition's legacy. Mark Lawrence Schrad, Garrett Peck, and Bob L. Beach discuss the reach of prohibition beyond the United States, the influence of antiA -alcohol legislation on Americans' longA term drinking habits, and efforts to link prohibition with today's debates over the legalization of marijuana. Together, these essays debunk many of the myths surrounding ""the Noble Experiment,"" not only providing a more inA -depth analysis of prohibition but also allowing readers to engage more meaningfully in contemporary debates about alcohol and drug policy.

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Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2020
Editors: Michael Lewis • Richard Hamm
Authors: Garrett Peck • Joe Coker • Thomas R. Pegram • H. Paul Thompson • Lisa M. F. Andersen • Mark Schrad • Robert Beach • Anne-Marie E. Szymanski
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-7038-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
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Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
LSN: 0-8071-7038-0
Barcode: 9780807170380

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