Jeremy Agnew

Prohibition and Bootlegging in the American West

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Prohibition was materialized by eager Temperance Movements organizers who sought to shape public opinion through alcoholic beverage control in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The success of reformers' efforts resulted in national Prohibition in America from 1920 to 1933, but it also resulted in a thriving illegal business in the manufacture and distribution of illegal liquor. The history of Prohibition and the resulting illegal drinking is frequently told through the lens of crime and violence in Chicago and other major East Coast cities. Often neglected in historical studies are the effects of Prohibition on the western part of the United States and how Westerners rose to the challenge of avoiding the consequences of illegal drinking. Illegal liquor was imported from abroad, made in stills using strange ingredients that were sometimes poisonous to the unlucky drinker. This history of Prohibition in the Western U.S. includes stories that range from serious to quirky, providing an entertaining account of how misguided efforts resulted in numerous unintended consequences"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9781476688336
• ISBN-10: 1476688338
• Artikelnr.: 74403667

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Agnew, a biomedical electronics consultant, holds a Ph.D. in engineering and has been involved in the design and manufacture of medical devices for more than 30 years. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has written several books on the Old West.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Timeline of Prohibition Events Preface
1.
The Saloon Must
2.
The Pathway to Prohibition
3.
The Real Thing? Or Do-It-Yourself?
4.
Beware of What You Drink
5.
From Saloons to Speakeasies
6.
The Pacific Ocean
7.
The West Coast States
8.
The Mountain States
9.
The Southwest Unintended Consequences Postscript Glossary: Some Slang Terms from Prohibition and the Roaring Twenties Appendix 1: The Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the Constitution of the United States Appendix 2The Sources of Various Alcoholic Beverages Appendix 3: The Percentage of Alcohol in Various Patent Medicines Appendix 4: Data from Denver, Colorado, Showing the Frequency of Alcohol Violations in the 1920s Chapter Notes Bibliography