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Liquor and the liberal state : drink and order before prohibition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malleck, Dan, 1968- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Government policy > Canada > History.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Government policy > Ontario > History.
Liquor laws > Canada > History.
Liquor laws > Ontario > History.
License system > Canada > History.
License system > Ontario > History.
Prohibition > Canada > History.
Prohibition > Ontario > History.
Liberalism > Canada > History.
Liberalism > Ontario > History.
Consommation d'alcool > Politique gouvernementale > Canada > Histoire.
Consommation d'alcool > Politique gouvernementale > Ontario > Histoire.
Licences de deÌ?bit de boissons > Canada > Histoire.
Licences de deÌ?bit de boissons > Ontario > Histoire.
LibeÌ?ralisme > Canada > Histoire.
LibeÌ?ralisme > Ontario > Histoire.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Government policy.
Liberalism.
License system.
Liquor laws.
Prohibition.
Canada.
Ontario.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Arguing over Liquor and Liberalism
  • Part 1: Managing the Province's Liquor Problem
  • 1 The Place of the Government in the Drinks of the People
  • 2 Centralization, I: The Crooks Act
  • 3 Power and Influence in the New System
  • 4 Politics, Law, and the License Branch
  • Part 2: The Complications of Liquor in a Federal Liberal State
  • 5 How Drinking Affects the Constitution, 1864-83
  • 6 McCarthy and Crooks Enter a Tavern, 1883-85
  • 7 Attempting to Water Down the Scott Act, 1884-92
  • 8 Plebiscites as Tools for Change? 1883-94
  • 9 Talking and Blocking National Prohibition, 1891-99
  • 10 Dodging Decisions at the End of the Liberals' Era, 1894-1905
  • 11 Drinking in Whitney's Conservative Liberal State, 1905-07
  • 12 Centralization, II: Beyond the Crooks Act, 1907-16
  • Conclusion: Liquor, Liberalism, and the Legacy of the Crooks Act
  • Appendix 1: Questions Sent by the Select Committee
  • Appendix 2: Liquor-Related Laws in Force in Ontario
  • Notes
  • Index