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

Edition 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (351 pages) Contents The dry crusade -- A new era? -- A hopeless and thankless task -- The brewers of bigotry -- The itch to try new things -- Vote as you drink -- I represent the women of America! -- Hootch joints in Harlem -- Al Smith, the wet hope of the nation -- The end of the party -- A surging wet tide -- The wet convention and the New Deal Summary In this evocative history, Lerner reveals Prohibition to be the defining issue of the era, the first major 'culture war' of the 20th century, and a harbinger of the social and moral debates that divide America even today Notes Originally published: 2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Prohibition -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Prohibition Social conditions SUBJECT Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674040090 0674040090 0674030575 9780674030572

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