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Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Name: Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Author: Charles Hanson Towne

Charles Hanson Towne

Read by Shashank Jakhmola, ScientificMethodist, TriciaG, Melanie D. Young, KevinS, PhyllisV, tommack, Linda Johnson, deni and Richard Auty · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Phenomenon of Prohibition (13:44)
Our Great Unhappiness (11:49)
Our Endless Chain of Laws (12:24)
''Too Much “Verboten'' (14:14)
''Too Much “Verboten'' Part 2 (14:04)
Making the World Safe for De-mockery-cy (26:21)
The Infamous Volstead Act Part 1 (19:27)
The Infamous Volstead Act Part 2 (18:07)
A Triumvirate Against Prohibition (6:59)
''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 1 (23:34)
''The Fear for Thee, My Country'' Part 2 (23:48)
Drying Up the Ocean (16:47)
The Mullan-Gage Law, the Van Ness Act and the Hobert Act (17:22)
Bootlegging and Graft (15:52)
''Don’t Joke About Prohibition'' (21:23)
How Canada Has Solved the Liquor Problem (8:11)
Crime and Drunkenness (31:26)
The Literary Digest’s Canvass (31:56)
Literature and Prohibition (11:36)
America Today (18:20)
Other Reforms (12:04)
Is Europe Going Dry? (9:33)
What Are We Going to Do About It? (21:01)