Closing Time : Prohibition, Rum-Runners and Border Wars
by Francis, Daniel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1771620374
- ISBN 13
- 9781771620376
- Seller
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, 2014. Hardcover 1st edition - just a little shelfwear and very slight edgewear of the dust jacket, all else fine. From the dust jacket:"Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colorful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own Prohibition. The so-called Cold Water Army was led by zealots and prudes preaching hellfire and damnation, but also by committed social reformers who recognized the ill effects of excessive drinking. In March 1918, the federal government banned the manufacture and importation of liquor. For the next 21 months, Canada was as dry as any law could make it, which admittedly was not very dry. Closing Time tells the story of this fascinating attempt to control the social habits of Canadian citizens. It began as a popular crusade to cleanse society of a widespread evil, but instead became an opportunity for larceny, profit, and violence on a grand scale. Employing a variety of anecdotes and illustrations, Closing Time conjures the legal and historical context of Prohibition, presenting well-rendered figures and impressive research. Comparing the past with our present-day prohibition of certain recreational drugs, Francis explores the limits of laws that forbid these indulgences a topic that is quite relevant today.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Turtle Creek Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100064
- Title
- Closing Time : Prohibition, Rum-Runners and Border Wars
- Author
- Francis, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1771620374
- ISBN 13
- 9781771620376
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- TMCL RUM PROHIBITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- .History - American & Canadian History;
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