11 Drinking in Whitney’s Conservative Liberal State, 1905–07

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Arguing over Liquor and Liberalism 3
6. Managing the Province’s Liquor Problem
7. Te Place of the Government in the Drinks of the People 21
8. Centralization, I: Te Crooks Act 46
9. Power and Influence in the New System 64
10. Politics, Law, and the License Branch 96
11. Te Complications of Liquor in a Federal Liberal State
12. How Drinking Affects the Constitution, 1864–83 117
13. McCarthy and Crooks Enter a Tavern, 1883–85 141
14. Attempting to Water Down the Scott Act, 1884–92 158
15. Plebiscites as Tools for Change? 1883–94 172
16. Talking and Blocking National Prohibition, 1891–99 197
17. Dodging Decisions at the End of the Liberals’ Era, 1894–1905 234
18. Drinking in Whitney’s Conservative Liberal State, 1905–07 257
19. Centralization, II: Beyond the Crooks Act, 1907–16 295
20. Conclusion: Liquor, Liberalism, and the Legacy of the Crooks Act 309
21. Questions Sent by the Select Committee 321
22. Liquor-Related Laws in Force in Ontario 325
23. Notes 327
24. Index 375