Dry Manhattan by Michael A. Lerner (2008, Paperback) 
Dry Manhattan by Michael A. Lerner (2008, Paperback)

 
Dry Manhattan by Michael A. Lerner (2008, Paperback)

Author: Michael A. Lerner
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2008-12-15
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0674030575
ISBN-13: 9780674030572
Product ID: EPID66229626
Description: This academic study of the success and failures to enforce the 18th Amendment, which forbade the sale and distribution of alcohol, focuses on New York City in the years from its inception in 1919 through its repeal in 1933. Professor Mic...
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Synopsis
This academic study of the success and failures to enforce the 18th Amendment, which forbade the sale and distribution of alcohol, focuses on New York City in the years from its inception in 1919 through its repeal in 1933. Professor Michael Lerner provides a lively and in-depth local history, showing how the "noble experiment" engendered immediate and widespread resistance, especially from ethnic groups, including Irish, Germans, and Jews. He describes the nightmare of trying to enforce the law, as a whole culture of speakeasies and clubs was born, with corruption and organized crime becoming widespread. Lerner vividly recreates a time of ferment, seeing the issue of Prohibition as the defining issue in the history of the 1920s.

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Publication Date:2008-12-15

Size
Length:351 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:19.2 oz

Industry Reviews
"Though Lerner's study is informed by the relevant academic literature, he avoids tedious scholarly debates about Progressive Era reform, resulting in a fascinating study that will appeal to anyone who cares about the history of New York."
(12/04/2006)

"...Mr. Lerner's painstaking research is generously on display in DRY MANHATTAN, and without the usual Jazz Age cliches. Rather, he draws a disturbing portrait of the "dry" movement and how it exploited the country's fear of immigrants, then arriving from Europe in vast numbers."
(03/27/2007)

"Prohibition claims few defenders today, and for good reason....[F]ew foresaw the serpentine stream of harmful effects that would flow from its passage--a classic case of the law of unintended circumstances. DRY MANHATTAN shows, better than any other book, the toll, comic and tragic, taken by these unimagined results."

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