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The dominant narrative about #prohibition is that it was a misguided progressive cause, fought for by the same people who fought for much better ideas like abolition and women's suffrage. The truth is, though, that a major driver for the movement was fear. Fear of immigrants with unfamiliar customs, fear of industrialization and urbanization - and fear of African Americans in a post- slavery US. In my new article, I talk about how in the Deep South, that fear and hate was at the heart of every anti-alcohol effort, and how across the country it manifested itself in the uneven enforcement of national Prohibition laws. The result was a pattern of crime and incarceration that continued long after Prohibition ended. It was also the beginning of the end for the alliance between African Americans and the party of Lincoln. LINK IN PROFILE!

Good times brewery touring with the inestimable @jonlang this weekend. It's hard to impress a German with a pilsner, but @suarezfamilybrewery pulled it off with aplomb

70 years before national Prohibition, Maine passed the first statewide prohibition law. It was almost single-handedly brought about by one rather aggressive Quaker... and then pretty quickly repealed because of that same dude. The story is linked on the profile! #maine #history #americanhistory #prohibition #quaker #liquorlaws #booze #drinkstagram

Cozy Saturday night. Not pictured: Australian Open on the tv

A Party "born in a tavern." The "Party of Whiskey" and the "Party of Rum." Right now Democratic states tend to have more liberal drinking laws and Republican states tend to have stricter ones, but has that always been the case? What have the attitudes of political parties been towards alcohol? This week's article takes a broad look at which party was pro- or anti-alcohol throughout our history. Spoiler: it's not quite that simple. #booze #politics #democrats #republicans #history #americanhistory #drinkstagram

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Prohibition with a history talk at the FDR library

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Prohibition's Racist Underbelly
The Maine Law
Dry Republicans, Wet Democrats? Alcohol and Party Politics in American History
A Brief History of Indian Alcohol Policy
The Whiskey Trust
Members Only: The History (and Legal Niche) of the Private Club
The Three Mile Limit: Booze on Boats
The Whiskey Ring
Liquoring Up the Electorate
Beginner’s Guide to the Whiskey Rebellion
Happy Hour Laws: States’ Quest To Keep People Happy, But Not That Happy
Lewis Rosenstiel, Capitalist Champion of America’s ‘Native Spirit’
The Aristocracy vs. Prohibition
The Taft Decision: What is Whiskey, Anyway?
A (Very Brief) History of Straight Whiskey
The Brown Jug Bills
Dram Shop Laws
Bottled In Bond
Chicken Wings are Sandwiches in Colorado
Your Liquor is Lying to You, and That’s Okay
The 15-Gallon Law: Pack My Box With Five Dozen Liquor Jugs
The “Habitual Drunkard:” Virginia’s Downright Prehistoric Anti-Homeless Law.
Kentucky’s 80 Different Liquor Licenses
Drive-Thru Daiquiris
War Between the Wine States
Boozy Trade Wars
The Government Can’t Decide If Whiskey Is Gluten Free
A Tall Whiskey COLA: Navigating a Web of US Labeling Laws
Why Aren’t There Nutrition Labels On Alcohol?
Do Higher Taxes Reduce Drinking’s Problems?
Home Distilling: Yep, Still Illegal
Appalachian Appellations: The Quest to Protect America’s Spirit
Behind the Zion Curtain: Utah’s Unorthodox Approach To Keeping Liquor Away From Innocent Eyes
Three Cheers, Three Tiers: Why Alcohol Production, Distribution, and Sales are Legally Separate
Prohibition’s Legacy
You have a baby… In a bar! How Laws About Kids In Bars Have Adapted (or not) to Changing Times
3.2%: Why Some State Laws Distinguish Between “Light” and “Heavy” Beer
The Control State Primer
Blue Laws: Football Season Edition
Beer Street and Gin Lane: Why Liquor is Treated Differently from Beer and Wine
Now Open Sundays: A Brief History of American Blue Laws
Intro: The Adventures of John Barleycorn and his Uncle Sam

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January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

A Brief History of Indian Alcohol Policy

Prohibition, Alcohol as a Weapon, and the Myth of the Drunken Indian

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