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- Title
WORSHIPPING BACCHUS: PROHIBITION IN SAVANNAH, 1899-1922.
- Authors
Denmark, Lisa L.
- Abstract
'Worshipping Bacchus: Prohibition in Savannah, 1899-1922' examines the failure of prohibition at the local level. Savannah's citizens determined to quench their thirst in defiance of state and subsequently national law. In the process, they received unofficial sanction of the local government, whose leaders refused to criminalize the manufacture and sale of alcohol. Prohibitionists could not use their significant organizational ability and lobbying to compel enforcement. Their efforts demonstrated not only the weakness of the state executive but more importantly the real power held by local governments.
- Subjects
SAVANNAH (Ga.); GEORGIA; LOCAL government; PROHIBITION of alcohol; PROHIBITIONISTS; POWER (Social sciences)
- Publication
Law, Crime & History, 2011, Vol 1, Issue 2, p109
- ISSN
2045-9238
- Publication type
Article