Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants such as the hatchet-wielding Carry A. Nation and organizations such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League, the states ratified th
the failure of prohibition
โ Scribed by David Boaz
- Book ID
- 111053396
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 753 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0265-0665
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