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Pocos experimentos sociales han sido tan peculiares y aleccionadores como la denominada Ley Seca de Estados Unidos. Aplicada durante trece años, entre 1920 y 1933, consistió en la prohibición prácticamente total para la elaboración, importación, distribución y venta de bebidas alcohólicas. Su objetivo era reducir el crimen, la pobreza y los problemas sociales asociados al consumo de vino, cerveza y licores, pero su resultado fue muy negativo. No sólo siguió bebiendo quien quiso hacerlo, sino que la ley creo un poderoso acicate para que la mafia ganase mucho dinero convirtiendo las principales ciudades en paraísos para el hampa. El origen de la Ley Seca se remonta al siglo XIX, cuando los conocidos como movimientos a favor de la templanza fueron poco a poco ganando fuerza. Grupos religiosos y reformistas, como la Unión Cristiana de Mujeres por la Templanza, argüían que el alcohol era la raíz de muchos males sociales como la violencia doméstica y la miseria económica. Esta presión culminó en la aprobación de la Decimoctava Enmienda a la Constitución en 1919, que prohibía la elaboración, venta y transporte de bebidas alcohólicas. La Ley Volstead, promulgada poco después, concretó los detalles de su aplicación y entró en vigor el 17 de enero de 1920. Al principio los promotores de la ley vieron resultados positivos. El consumo de alcohol per cápita disminuyó en los primeros años, y los arrestos por embriaguez pública cayeron en ciertas zonas del país. Pero la prohibición pronto reveló su verdadera cara. La demanda de alcohol no desapareció, simplemente se trasladó a un floreciente mercado negro. Los "speakeasies", bares clandestinos disfrazados de tiendas o casas particulares, se multiplicaron en ciudades como Nueva York y Chicago. Se estima que en Nueva York había más de 30.000 locales de este tipo durante los años 20, es decir, el doble de los bares legales antes de la prohibición. El comercio ilegal de alcohol dio paso al auge del crimen organizado. Figuras como Al Capone en Chicago aprovecharon la oportunidad y amasaron auténticas fortunas mediante el contrabando de alcohol. Las ganancias eran enormes. Capone generaba unos 60 millones de dólares al año (equivalentes a cientos de millones hoy). Las bandas rivalizaban por tan lucrativo negocio y libraron guerras sangrientas por el control del mercado. Eso elevó la tasa de homicidios y fomentó la corrupción. Policías y políticos, sobornados con facilidad, a menudo hacían la vista gorda, lo que erosionaba la confianza en las instituciones. La creatividad también floreció bajo la Ley Seca. Los contrabandistas, conocidos como "bootleggers", idearon métodos ingeniosos para evadir a los agentes de la prohibición. Desde esconder licor en libros huecos hasta transportarlo en barcos desde Canadá, México y el Caribe. La gente del común destilaba licores en casa como "moonshine" o ginebra de bañera, a menudo con devastadores efectos para la salud. El alcohol adulterado causó miles de muertes por intoxicación, un coste humano que los defensores de la prohibición no habían previsto. Con el tiempo, la opinión pública se fue volviendo contra la Ley Seca. La Gran Depresión, iniciada en 1929, intensificó el deseo de derogarla, pues legalizar el alcohol prometía empleos y recaudación fiscal. En 1933, la Vigésimoprimera Enmienda derogó la Decimoctava, poniendo fin a los años de la prohibición. Los bares reabrieron, y la industria del alcohol volvió a la legalidad, aunque el crimen organizado ya había echado raíces y se pasó al negocio de las drogas. La Ley Seca, en definitiva, fracasó en su objetivo de eliminar el consumo de alcohol, expuso los límites del legislador para moldear la moralidad a su antojo y reveló cómo las políticas bien intencionadas provocan a menudo consecuencias imprevistas. 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Cheers to Professor Jackson's post Prohibition conversation with distinguished author Daniel Okrent! Dan is the the author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, winner of the American Historical Association's prize for the year's best book of American History when it was published in 2011. Last Call was a go-to book in the HTDS bibliography for episodes 157-160 as we researched and selected the stories to tell in these four podcast episodes we've just completed. Dan was also the first Public Editor of The New York Times, where he was charged with being the public's advocate for accurate and objective journalism by the paper. So Prof. Jackson couldn't resist the opportunity to get his perspective on the state of news reporting today which, as astute HTDS listeners know, is often called the first draft of history. Spoiler alert: they both agree one must be a critical thinker when it comes to the potential bias of the news media one consumes – helpful tool here from AdFontes. Dan Okrent is also author of The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America, and Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history.  Before his tenure at the Times, Okrent spent 13 years at Time Inc., where he was successively editor of Life magazine; corporate editor of new media; and corporate editor-at-large. Earlier in his career, he worked extensively in book and magazine publishing in various editorial and executive positions. He has held fellowships at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard (where he was, in addition, the Edward R. Murrow Visiting Lecturer in 2009-2010). ____ Connect with us on HTDSpodcast.com and go deep into episode bibliographies and book recommendations join discussions in our Facebook community get news and discounts from The HTDS Gazette  come see a live show get HTDS merch or become an HTDS premium member for bonus episodes and other perks. HTDS is part of the Airwave Media Network.  Interested in advertising on the History That Doesn't Suck? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest is historian, author, and former public editor of the New York Times, Daniel Okrent. We have pizza headlines. And the pizza topic is: “THE REAL STORY (AND RECIPE) BEHIND CHICAGO DEEP-DISH” with pizza historian Peter Regas.Publisher's weekly has called our guest, Daniel Okrent, “one of our most interesting and eclectic writers of nonfiction over the past 25 years.” Daniel is a writer, author, and editor. He served as the first public editor of The New York Times. He is the author of several books including; 2003's “Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center”, 2010's “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition”, and 2019's “The Guarded Gate”. Daniel has been featured in Ken Burns' Baseball and Prohibition documentaries as well.Daniel discusses; fantasy baseball and pizza, Detroit style pizza, the state of journalism, getting pizza in a news room. Peter Regas is a financial statistician and pizza historian. He is quoted numerous times in Eric Kim's New York Times' piece “The Most Surprising Thing About Deep Dish Pizza? It's Not That Deep.” Separately, you can see his deep dish pizza recipe in Chicago Magazine as well.Peter discusses the secret history he uncovered about the real inventor of Chicago deep dish pizza. This podcast is brought to you by Ooni Pizza Ovens. Go to Ooni.com for more information.Follow us for more information!Instagram: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4Twitter: @PizzaPodParty @ArthurBovino @AlfredSchulzTikTok: @thepizzapodpartyThreads: @pizzapodparty @NYCBestPizza @AlfredSchulz4

In this episode, Herb speaks to acclaimed author, Daniel Okrent, about his book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.  Daniel served as the first public editor of the New York Times and invented Rotisserie League Baseball.  His book, Last Call, served as a major source for the 2011 Ken Burns/Lynn Novick miniseries Prohibition.  His most recent book is The Guarded Gate:Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America.In this episode's Licensee Highlight, Herb speaks with Sheldon Anderson, CEO of Public Flower Dispensary, in Buffalo, NY.  Sheldon thoughtfully reflects on growing up around cannabis and the opportunity that led to recently as he was awarded a NYS Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary License. Joint Session: Diverse Voices in NYS Cannabis is produced by Herb Barbot, with additional production and engineering by Matt Patterson, with Rebecca Malpica producing our digital marketing/social media.  In addition, thank you to Cannabis Wire for contributing our cannabis news. Please contact us at herb.jointsession@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments, including topics to cover. Follow the show on Instagram at jointsession.pod, and on LinkedIn at Joint Session Podcast. If you're enjoying the show, leave us a rating and review on your favorite podcast platform. It helps new listeners find the show.

For thirteen years from 1920, the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks was banned in the USA. The age of prohibition was a rowdy time: enlivened by jazz and wild parties; darkened by violence and lawlessness. But how did it come about? Who were its heroes and villains? And how did it change the face of the country it sought to purify? This is a Short History of Prohibition. Written by Danny Marshall. With thanks to Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#382. (Recorded July 23, 2020) Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

#382. (Recorded July 23, 2020) Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

Additional Reading (cocktails):David Wondrich, Imbibe: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar (2015).Philip Greene, To Have and Have Another Revised Edition: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion (2015).Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (2007).Daniel Okrent, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (2011).Adam Elmegirab, Book of Bitters (2017).Iain Gately, Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol (2009).William Grimes, Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail (2002).Brad Thomas Parsons, Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All (2011).Charles Schumann, The American Bar: The Artistry of Mixing Drinks (2018).Additional Reading (Gilded Age & Progressive Era history):Cecelia Tichi, Civic Passions: Seven Who Launched Progressive America (2011).Sean Cashman, America in the Gilded Age (1993).Charles Morris, The Tycoons (2005).Edmund Morris, Theodore Rex (2001).Lila and Arthur Weinberg, The Muckrakers (2002). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Thick & Thin, we’re going back in time to the 1920’s prohibition in America to uncover secrets and intriguing parallels found between that era and modern times. I also discuss underground parties, gangsters, risky alcohol allegedly made in bathtubs, and just how far people will go to maintain a sense of normalcy. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte /  SOURCES: https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/nyc-underground-nightlife-covid-19.html https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/unintended-consequences/  https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-prohibition “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" by Daniel Okrent (a book) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trial Phase of Impeachment Gets Underway (0:35)Guest: James Curry, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, University of UtahHouse Democrats have officially passed the impeachment hot potato to the US Senate where a trial on whether to remove President Donald Trump from office is expected to start, in earnest, next week. DNA Helps Identify Service Members Missing in Action from WWII to Today (20:32)Guest: Timothy McMahon, Director of DNA Operations, Department of DefenseThe Department of Defense has an entire office dedicated to DNA analysis that regularly brings closure to families of servicemembers missing in action all the way back to World War II. One project focused on the attack on Pearl Harbor has been able to identify 250 unaccounted-for service members from remains that were collected from sunken American warships.  Proprioception: Our Sixth Sense (32:41)Guest: Alexander Chesler, Principal Investigator, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIHTry this: Close your eyes and touch your finger to your nose. Pretty easy, right? You just engaged your sixth sense. It's called proprioception and it's what makes it possible for professional ice skaters to do triple axels and helps basketball players dunk a ball. Surprisingly, researchers have only recently started to understand how it works. Doomed From the Start: Prohibition at 100 (50:39)Guest: Daniel Okrent, Historian, Author of “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition”100 years ago – on January 16, 1920 – intoxicating liquors became illegal to make, sell or transport in the United States. Prohibition had arrived. The unintended consequences began almost immediately, according to historian Daniel Okrent. His book, “Last Call” charts the rise and fall of Prohibition – the only Constitutional Amendment to later be repealed by another Constitutional Amendment. Over the span of just 13 years, the nation turned against the “dry cause” and the consequences of that whiplash linger today. Sobriety in a Society Filled With Booze (78:06)Guest: Laura McKowen, Speaker, Podcaster, Author of “We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life”In the 100 years since the US tried – and failed – to outlaw alcohol, it's become a normal, accepted part of everyday American life. It's for celebrating and coming of age and commiserating and coping. Even though alcohol is the most commonly abused substance in the country and the third leading preventable cause of death, most of American society doesn't think of it like that - not like cocaine or opioids, or even tobacco. And that makes it all the more difficult for people who do struggle with alcohol to stop.

James Curry, Univ of Utah, on impeachment politics. Timothy McMahon, Department of Defense, on identifying the remains of service members through DNA. Alexander Chesler, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, on the sixth sense proprioception. Daniel Okrent, author of “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition," on prohibition 100 years later. Laura McKowen, author of “We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of Sober Life,” on her journey to sobriety.

CONTENT WARNING - This episode discusses mature themes, including illicit drug use and graphic details of murder. Listener discretion is advised. The War on Drugs in the United States has cost $1 trillion since 1971, and 20 percent of the prison population is incarcerated for drug offenses. Yet there is little evidence it is responsible for declining drug use. How did the War on Drugs truly begin? Jaye explores US history and explains how Prohibition led to our nation's drug war. Featured Podcast: Divisive Issues Website: http://frondsradio.com/divisiveissues Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Flying Machine Network: http://flyingmachine.network Patreon: http://flyingmachine.network/support Source Links: https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/24153/reefer-madness-the-twisted-history-of-americas-weed-laws https://www.history.com/news/marijuana-criminalization-reefer-madness-history-flashback https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2019/01/25-years-reefer-madness/580351/ https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fdas-evolving-regulatory-powers/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law-history https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1273&context=wmjowl http://smtp.williamwhitepapers.com/pr/2002AlcoholProblemsinNativeAmerica.pdf https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bitter-aftertaste-prohibition-american-history-180969266/ Okrent, Daniel. 2010. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Scribner. https://www.npr.org/2011/06/10/137077599/prohibition-speakeasies-loopholes-and-politics https://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/north-america/us/ku-klux-klan/the-second-ku-klux-klan https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/28/in-1927-donald-trumps-father-was-arrested-after-a-klan-riot-in-queens/ https://www.history.com/news/kkk-terror-during-prohibition https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/prohibition-history-how-the-ban-on-booze-produced-the-modern-american-right.html http://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/enforcing-the-prohibition-laws/the-supreme-court-and-prohibition/ https://timeline.com/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/column-war-on-drugs-merely-fights-the-symptoms-of-a-faulty-system/ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd7d8d/how-marijuana-came-the-united-states-456 https://history.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/2006_Ari%20Cushner.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-anslinger-the-man-behind-the-marijuana-ban/ https://www.cbp.gov/about/history/did-you-know/marijuana https://www.cannabis-marijuana.com/assassin-of-youth.html https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/reports/2018/06/27/452819/ending-war-drugs-numbers/ Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Dana composed by Vibe Tracks Bayou State of Mind composed by Jingle Punks Temptation composed by Chris Haugen Almost a Year Ago composed by John Deley and the 41 Players Mist composed by Odonis Odonis White Hats composed by Wayne Jones

Eugenics is the science of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits. It aims to reduce human suffering by “breeding out” disease, disabilities and so-called undesirable characteristics from the human population. Early supporters of eugenics believed people inherited mental illness, criminal tendencies and even poverty, and that these conditions could be bred out of the gene pool. In the 19th century there was a great deal of support for eugenics, and the ones seen as the lesser beings were the European immigrants trying to get to America, particularly the Jews. Today, we have a conversation on the history of anti immigration policy and its connection to eugenics in the late 19th Century with Daniel Okrent.   Guest: Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He has written several books including Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, as well as his most recent and the topic of today, The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Laws That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America.   The post 19th-Century Eugenics Movement and its Relation to Immigration in America appeared first on KPFA.

When a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Lusitania on Friday, May 7th, 1915, Americans found two new enemies: Germany and the beer it was so associated with. Anti-German sentiment grew, and with it hostility to the breweries founded in the 19th century by German immigrants. Soon, the war effort and the temperance movement were linked: it was patriotic to abstain, and Prohibition became law.How did America cope? They swapped their stool at the bar for a seat at the soda shop, listening to new radios and the first ever baseball broadcasts. But Americans’ thirst wasn’t ever fully quenched: they turned to family doctors who prescribed “medicinal alcohol,” and then finally to the bootleggers, moonshiners and rum-runners who made, smuggled and sold hooch of all types, from top-shelf French cognac to homemade swill that might just kill you.For more about the Lusitania, check out Dead Wake: The Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson.Daniel Okrent’s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition has more information on medicinal alcohol and how it was prescribed by doctors. To learn more about medicinal beer, this article by Beverly Gage for The Smithsonian is excellent.The 1991 study “Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition” by Jeffrey A. Miron and Jeffrey Zwiebel, is considered the definitive study about how much people actually drank during the noble experiment. For more information on how Prohibition played out in the early days, check out Professor David J. Hanson’s, “Alcohol Problems and Solutions,” a comprehensive, interactive site that outlines all the various stakeholders in the Noble Experiment.To read more about Americans behaving badly in Cuba and other places during Prohibition, check out Wayne Curtis’s And A Bootle of Rum: A History of the World in Ten Cocktails, as well as Matthew Rowley’s Lost Recipes of Prohibition. And, to learn more about rum-runners, Daniel Francis’s book, Closing Time: Prohibition, Rum-Runners and Border Wars is an excellent reference.Further references can be found in America Walks Into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops by Christine Sismondo.Support this show by supporting our sponsors!

On January 17, 1920, the United States passed the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, ushering in a 13-year dry spell known as Prohibition. But how did a country that loved to drink turn its back on alcohol? How did two-thirds of both the House and Senate and three-fourths of State legislatures all agree that going dry was the way to get the country going forward? It had always been a long, uphill battle for the temperance movement, but towards the end of the nineteenth century, certain forces aligned: fears of industrialization, urbanization and immigration. Traditional American life was changing - fast - and many people looked for a scapegoat: the saloon.For more information on how Prohibition came to be, check out Professor David J. Hanson’s, “Alcohol Problems and Solutions,” a comprehensive, interactive site that outlines all the various stakeholders in the Noble Experiment.Daniel Okrent’s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition is a key text for learning more about Prohibition and how it came about. And, to narrow in on New York, itself, Michael Lerner’s Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City is a tremendous resource.The bootlegger character was based on a real story, A Bootlegger’s Story: How I Started, which ran in the New Yorker in 1926.For more on the Atlanta race riots and how they connect to Prohibition, check out this story on NPR, in which professor Cliff Kuhn describes his research. To learn more about the intersection between race and the policing of Prohibition, Lisa McGirr’s The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State is invaluable.Further references can be found in America Walks Into a Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns and Saloons, Speakeasies and Grog Shops by Christine Sismondo.Support us by supporting our sponsors!

Tom Reed from Northeast Ohio Media Group joined me to talk about the Browns. It's always fun to talk to Tom. Here are some of the things we discussed. Kyle Shanahan's apparent hiring, Dan Quinn and whether the Browns should have waited, Browns ticket prices and where they're going, Davone Bess and why the Browns haven't done anything with him yet, and finally, we discussed Ray Farmer's return to the Browns after turning down the possibility of a promtion in Miami. Last, but not least, I forced Tom to recommend something, whether it's a movie, album or TV show, and he chose a book. Tom Reed recommends a history book on prohibition. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On November 14, Daniel Okrent delivered the 2012 Alexander W. Weddell Lecture entitled "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition." The first annual Alexander W. Weddell Lecture took place in 1983 and was named in honor of Alexander Weddell, former president of the VHS. Ambassador Weddell and his wife, Virginia, bequeathed Virginia House and a generous endowment to the VHS. The Weddell Lecture takes place on the evening of the last board of trustees meeting of the year, usually the third Wednesday in November. Past Weddell Lecturers have included Gary W. Gallagher, Edward L. Ayers, Rick Atkinson, and Tony Horwitz. (Introduction by Paul Levengood) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On November 14, Daniel Okrent delivered the 2012 Alexander W. Weddell Lecture entitled "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition." The first annual Alexander W. Weddell Lecture took place in 1983 and was named in honor of Alexander Weddell, former president of the VHS. Ambassador Weddell and his wife, Virginia, bequeathed Virginia House and a generous endowment to the VHS. The Weddell Lecture takes place on the evening of the last board of trustees meeting of the year, usually the third Wednesday in November. Past Weddell Lecturers have included Gary W. Gallagher, Edward L. Ayers, Rick Atkinson, and Tony Horwitz. (Introduction by Paul Levengood)

Daniel Okent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss how the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of intoxicating beverages came to pass in 1920, what life was like while it was in force, and how the Amendment came to be repealed in 1934. Okrent discusses how Prohibition became entangled with the suffrage movement, the establishment of the income tax, and anti-immigration sentiment. They also discuss the political economy of prohibition, enforcement, and repeal--the quintessential example of bootleggers and baptists.

Daniel Okent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They discuss how the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of intoxicating beverages came to pass in 1920, what life was like while it was in force, and how the Amendment came to be repealed in 1934. Okrent discusses how Prohibition became entangled with the suffrage movement, the establishment of the income tax, and anti-immigration sentiment. They also discuss the political economy of prohibition, enforcement, and repeal--the quintessential example of bootleggers and baptists.