3. A Hopeless and Thankless Task

Chapters in this book

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