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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Law, alcohol, and order. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985 (OCoLC)654816286 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David E Kyvig; Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation. |
| ISBN: | 0313247552 9780313247552 |
| OCLC Number: | 11398310 |
| Notes: | Based on papers originally presented at a conference held in April 1983 in Wilmington, Delaware at the invitation of the Delaware Humanities Forum and the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. |
| Description: | xiii, 218 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Sober thoughts: myths and realities of national prohibition after fifty years / David E. Kyvig -- Putting science in the Constitution: the Prohibition experience / Steven Goldberg -- Labor and Prohibition: the unappreciated impact of the Eighteenth Amendment / Nuala McGann Drescher -- A dubious Constitutional experiment / William F. Swindler -- Societal morality and individual freedom / Paul L. Murphy -- Regulating the regulators: Prohibition enforcement in the Seventh Circuit / Rayman L. Solomon -- Repeal as a political achievement / Clement E. Vose -- American syndicate crime: a legacy of Prohibition / Humbert S. Nelli -- Bootleggers as businessmen: from city slums to city builders / Mark H. Haller -- Alcohol problems and policies in historical perspective / Mark Keller -- the historian and repeal: a survey of the literature and research opportunities / Mark Edward Lender. |
| Series Title: | Contributions in American history, no. 110. |
| Responsibility: | edited by David E. Kyvig ; sponsored by Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Incorporated. |
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