Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City

Table of contents

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• Dry Manhattan i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Introduction 1
• 1: The Dry Crusade 7
• 2: A New Era? 40
• 3: A Hopeless and Thankless Task 61
• 4: The Brewers of Bigotry 96
• 5: The Itch to Try New Things 127
• 6: Vote as You Drink 148
• 7: I Represent the Women of America! 171
• 8: Hootch Joints in Harlem 199
• 9: Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation 227
• 10: The End of the Party 255
• 11: A Surging Wet Tide 271
• 12: The Wet Convention and the New Deal 289

• Dry Manhattan i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Introduction 1
• 1: The Dry Crusade 7
• 2: A New Era? 40
• 3: A Hopeless and Thankless Task 61
• 4: The Brewers of Bigotry 96
• 5: The Itch to Try New Things 127
• 6: Vote as You Drink 148
• 7: I Represent the Women of America! 171
• 8: Hootch Joints in Harlem 199
• 9: Al Smith, the Wet Hope of the Nation 227
• 10: The End of the Party 255
• 11: A Surging Wet Tide 271
• 12: The Wet Convention and the New Deal 289
• Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index 309
• Abbreviations 310
• Notes 311
• Acknowledgments 342
• Index 345