Author: Samuel Crowther
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: prosperity, prohibition
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 2003-06-05
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0766161234
ISBN-13: 9780766161238

It is believed that the facts revealed by Mr. Crowther in this book are the most important contribution that has yet been made to the discussion of prohibition. Most people have forgotten that the adoption of prohibition in the United States was a great economic measure, not a moral crusade. Contents: new glory; facts of prosperity; key question; direct testimony; personal liberty vs. economic welfare; profit balance; more profits; there is no debt.

Author: David E. Kyvig
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Keywords: prohibition, national, repealing
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0873386728
ISBN-13: 9780873386722

A study of the political reaction against the 18th Amendment, a response that led to its reversal 14 years later by the 21st Amendment. This work uses archival evidence to examine the liquor ban and to draw attention to the bi-partisan movement led by the Association Against Prohibition Amendment.

Author: Archibald Douglas Dabney
Publisher: Jesson Press
Keywords: prohibition, liquor
Number of Pages: 536
Published: 2009-05-13
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 1444635514
ISBN-13: 9781444635515

PREFACE: This book is not a treatise on the Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors, but a mere collation of the decisions construing such statutes. It is intended to arrange these decisions in as logical a manner as possible with reference to the various provisions of the National Prohibition Act, and to so digest them as to give a ready reference to the reported cases. This early works is a fascinating look at the subject with much of the information still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900’s and before, are now extremely scar

Author: Lamar T. Beman
Publisher: Pohl Press
Keywords: traffic, liquor, prohibition
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $12.45
ISBN-10: 1406747149
ISBN-13: 9781406747140

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author: Jeffrey A. Miron
Publisher: Independent Institute
Keywords: prohibition, consequences, crimes, war, drug
Number of Pages: 130
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0945999909
ISBN-13: 9780945999904

A balanced and sophisticated analysis of the true costs, benefits, and consequences of enforcing drug prohibition is presented in this book. Miron argues that prohibition’s effects on drug use have been modest and that prohibition has numerous side effects, most of them highly undesirable. In particular, prohibition is shown to directly increase violent crime, even in cases where it deters drug use. Miron’s analysis leads to a disturbing finding-the more resources given to the fight against drugs, the greater the homicide rate. The costs and benefits of several alternatives to the

Author: Michael A. Lerner
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: york, city, new, prohibition, manhattan, dry
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $18.50
ISBN-10: 0674030575
ISBN-13: 9780674030572

In 1919, the United States embarked on the country’s boldest attempt at moral and social reform: Prohibition. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol around the country. This "noble experiment," as President Hoover called it, was intended to usher in a healthier, more moral, and more efficient society. Nowhere was such reform needed more, proponents argued, than in New York City--and nowhere did Prohibition fail more spectacularly. Dry Manhattan is the first major work on Prohibition in nearly a quarter century, and the onl

Author: Edward Behr
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Keywords: america, changed, years, thirteen, prohibition
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1996-09-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1559703563
ISBN-13: 9781559703567

The basis of a forthcoming television series on the Arts and Entertainment cable network, an illustrated survey of the age of Prohibition covers the ill-fated Eighteenth Amendment, the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, the speakeasies, the gangsters, and the bootleggers. Tour.