Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90) and index.
Contents
Great experiment -- Dry versus wet: Years just before prohibition -- John Barleycorn is dead: Prohibition becomes law -- Roots of temperance in America -- Bootleggers and gangsters: Effects of prohibition -- Drinking again: Repeal and the lessons of prohibition.
Summary
Profiles the development of conditions that led to prohibition, the laws, and the gangsters.