Interpreting the Prohibition Era At Museums and Historic Sites

Informationen zum Autor Jason S. Lantzer is an historian who looks at the intersection of religion, politics, and law in American culture. His first book, Prohibition is Here to Stay was published by the University of Notre Dame Press in 2009, and his second book, Mainline Christianity was published by New York University Press in 2012. He is the honors program coordinator at Butler University, where he teaches broadly on US History. Klappentext Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites chronicles the rise and fall of one of the greatest attempted reforms in American History. This captivating guide will help museum and history professionals explain the history of prohibition, its repeal, and its legacies. Zusammenfassung Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites chronicles the rise and fall of one of the greatest attempted reforms in American History. This captivating guide will help museum and history professionals explain the history of prohibition! its repeal! and its legacies. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroductionPart I: The History of ProhibitionChapter 1: Early American Drinking and the Birth of the Temperance MovementChapter 2: Drinking as a Big BusinessChapter 3: The Prohibition MomentChapter 4: Revolutionary Repeal and the End of a ReformPart II: Interpreting Prohibition HistoryChapter 5: Repeal's Legacy and Interpreting the PastChapter 6: Capturing the Local StoryChapter 7: Capturing the National Story and LegacyAppendix: TimelineNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Jason S. Lantzer, Lantzer Jason S.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2014
• EAN: 9780759124318
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-2431-8
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Interpreting History; Interpreting History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Interpreting History