The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
- Subtitle
- The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States
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1. THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION2. AUTHOR’S NOTE3. CHAPTER I THE PHENOMENON OF PROHIBITION4. CHAPTER II OUR GREAT UNHAPPINESS5. CHAPTER III OUR ENDLESS CHAIN OF LAWS6. CHAPTER IV TOO MUCH “VERBOTEN”7. CHAPTER V MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DE-MOCKERY-CY8. CHAPTER VI THE INFAMOUS VOLSTEAD ACT9. CHAPTER VII A TRIUMVIRATE AGAINST PROHIBITION10. CHAPTER VIII “THE FEAR FOR THEE, MY COUNTRY”11. CHAPTER IX DRYING UP THE OCEAN12. CHAPTER X THE MULLAN-GAGE LAW, THE VAN NESS ACT AND THE HOBERT ACT13. CHAPTER XI BOOTLEGGING AND GRAFT14. CHAPTER XII “DON’T JOKE ABOUT PROHIBITION”15. CHAPTER XIII HOW CANADA HAS SOLVED THE LIQUOR PROBLEM16. CHAPTER XIV CRIME AND DRUNKENNESS17. CHAPTER XV THE LITERARY DIGEST’S CANVASS18. CHAPTER XVI LITERATURE AND PROHIBITION19. CHAPTER XVII AMERICA TODAY20. CHAPTER XVIII OTHER REFORMS21. CHAPTER XIX IS EUROPE GOING DRY?22. CHAPTER XX WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?