03132cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000380012624501400016426400510030430000470035533600260040233700260042833800360045450000310049050506240052150802170114552012440136253400450260665300480265165300330269985600430273299900190277560617UtSlPG20260610134410.0mcr n260607r2019||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a23006819  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHV1 aTowne, Charles Hanson,d1877-194914aThe Rise and Fall of Prohibition :bThe Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2019  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2019-11-020 aThe phenomenon of Prohibition -- Our great unhappiness -- Our endless chain of laws -- Too much "Verboten" -- Making the world safe for de-mockery-cy -- The infamous Volstead Act -- A triumvirate against Prohibition -- "The fear for thee, my country" -- Drying up the ocean -- The Mullan-Gage Law, the Van Ness Act and the Hobert Act -- Bootlegging and graft -- "Don't joke about Prohibition" -- How Canada has solved the liquor problem -- Crime and drunkenness -- The literary digest's canvass -- Literature and Prohibition -- America today -- Other reforms -- Is Europe going dry? -- What are we going to do about it?  aProduced by ellinora, Charlie Howard, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This
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by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" by Charles Hanson Towne is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the impact of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act on American society, highlighting the unexpected consequences and complexities of Prohibition. Towne delves into the cultural and social tensions related to restrictions on alcohol, emphasizing the ways in which they have reshaped behavior and attitudes among citizens.  The opening of the work introduces the perplexing nature of Prohibition, describing how it caught the American public by surprise despite the long-standing efforts of temperance advocates. Towne reflects on the irony of voters dismissing Prohibition as a mere joke only to find it thrust upon them as law. He critiques the shift in national attitude towards alcohol, arguing that Prohibition has created a culture of lawlessness and hypocrisy, where violation of laws has become commonplace, and presents a call to recognize the discontent brewing in society. The author sets the stage for a deeper exploration of these themes as he discusses the contradictions and absurdities surrounding the enforcement of Prohibition laws. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aUnited States. Constitution. 18th Amendment  aProhibition -- United States40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60617  c101443d101443