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Last call: the rise and fall of Prohibition, 1920-1933

By Daniel , Okrent

Book information

Publisher
Scribner;Cnib
Year
2011
ISBN
9780743277020, 9780743277044, 9781439171691, 9780616567906, 0616567901
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
42 MB (44196934 bytes)
Pages
1 computer optical disc (28 hr., 54 min.) : sound
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Examines the origins, implementation, and failure of alcohol prohibition in the United States that was ratified by the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919 and nullified after fourteen years. Traces the temperance movement and its politics, personalities, business interests, and social consequences. Basis for the Ken Burns documentary. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2010.

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