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Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City
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Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City by Michael A. Lerner Harvard University Press * 2007 * 351 pages * $28.95
Reviewed by Robert Batemarco
Give the Prohibitionists this much credit: they didn't just preach to the choir. They brought their battle to its most formidable opponent-New York City. Unfortunately, their cause was misguided, providing a textbook's worth of examples of the law of unintended consequences. In his book Dry Manhattan, Michael Lerner (associate dean at Bard High School Early College in New York City) not only portrays the impact of Prohibition on the Big Apple in fascinating detail, but also offers key insights into the political process that both made Prohibition ...
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