Displaying 1 of 1 2007 Format: Book Author: Lerner, Michael A. Title: Dry Manhattan : prohibition in New York City / Michael A. Lerner. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. Description: 351 pages ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Prohibition -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index. 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. LCCN: 2006050885 ISBN: 9780674030572 0674030575 067402432X 9780674024328 Other Number: 74460663 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 195270 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 363.4109 Lerner Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
