The prohibition of liquor in the United States from 1920 to 1933 created the myth of the flapper and gangster. Andrew Sinclair's account was the first comprehensive study and it shows how this extraordinary experiment was the product of the age-old conflict of country against city, of the God-fearing farmer against the corrupt urban rich and the new immigrants with their imported religions and beer. Prohibition represented the last attempt of rural America to stem the tide of history that was transforming the country from ...
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The prohibition of liquor in the United States from 1920 to 1933 created the myth of the flapper and gangster. Andrew Sinclair's account was the first comprehensive study and it shows how this extraordinary experiment was the product of the age-old conflict of country against city, of the God-fearing farmer against the corrupt urban rich and the new immigrants with their imported religions and beer. Prohibition represented the last attempt of rural America to stem the tide of history that was transforming the country from an agricultural to an industrial nations. It stood for tradition and the old American way of life. Its defeat was tragedy as well as a comedy. The lessons of such an attempt at social control are relevant to all societies, old and new. 'This is a definitive biography of an era; a social history, comprehensive, detailed, documented, and well written.' Arthur Weinberg, Chicago Tribune 'Here is a work of real social history, at once scholarly and entertaining, thoughtful, penetrating and analytical.' John A. Garraty, The New Leader
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Very good. Full green leather with gilt lettering and embellishments. Minor shelf wear due to storage. Appears unread. Pages/boards clean. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Like New. Size: 10x8x3; [Collector's Edition] Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. For more than 30 years, the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound, profusely gilt classic leather bindings.
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Near Fine. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 480 pages; 1986 Eston Press. Tightly bound and fresh in full green leather with decorative designs to cover and titles to spine in gilt; all edges gilt. Hubbed spine with publisher's silk bookmark sewn in. Feels and appears unread. Illustrated with some b&w photos. NF or about as new.
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