Prohibition, the Constitution, and States’ Rights
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Prohibition, Now and Then
Chapter 2 Alcohol and Liberalism: Before National Prohibition
Chapter 3 Prohibition and Federalism: The Road to the Sheppard Amendment
Chapter 4 Ratifying and Implementing the Sheppard Amendment (1918–21)
Chapter 5 Ratifying and Implementing II (1918–21): The Northeast
Chapter 6 The Dry Tide Recedes (1922–23)
Chapter 7 Constitutional Obligations (1923–24)
Chapter 8 Taking Alcohol to the People of the States (1925–28)
Chapter 9 The Noble Experiment (1929–31)
Chapter 10 The Dam Breaks (1932–33)
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Prohibition and American Constitutionalism
Coda Pot and Popular Constitutionalism: Prohibition’s Lessons for the Marijuana Legalization Debate
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
An online appendix is available at /sites/beienburg/.
History: American History
Law and Legal Studies: The Constitution and the Courts
Political Science: American Government and Politics
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