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Jews and booze : becoming American in the age of prohibition /

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Examines the relationship between alcohol and the Jewish community throughout the nineteenth century and the period of Prohibition, describing the role of Jews in the liquor industry and the relationship between the anti-alcohol movement and anti-Semitism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Marni
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2012]
Series:Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
Subjects:
Jews > Alcohol use > United States > Attitudes.
Alcoholic beverage industry > United States > History > 19th century.
Alcoholic beverage industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Alcohol > Law and legislation > United States.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Juden.
Prohibition.
Alkoholindustrie.
USA.
Alcohol > Law and legislation.
Alcoholic beverage industry.
Ethnic relations.
United States.
Jews > history.
Acculturation > history.
Alcohol Abstinence > history.
1800-1999
History.
Description
Summary:Examines the relationship between alcohol and the Jewish community throughout the nineteenth century and the period of Prohibition, describing the role of Jews in the liquor industry and the relationship between the anti-alcohol movement and anti-Semitism.
Physical Description:x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-245) and index.
ISBN:9780814720288
0814720285
9780814783849
0814783848
9780814744093
0814744095
9781479882441
1479882445