theory of prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol propped up in municipalities and states throughout american history.
The usual common denominator for doing this was wealth and mobility.
Cities where cattleworkers gathered to sell their cattle and pick up a fat payment.
Cities where fishermen or sailors gathered to pick up a paycheck.
Cities where lumberjacks gathered to collect their wages and spend them.
The proclivities of irish laborers on the canals and railways after they collected their pay mostly revolved around alcohol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navvies#Working_conditions_for_railway_navvies
America's great experiment with total Prohibition of Alcohol happened in the 1920s.
The primary impetus was wealth and mobility.
We had the post-Great War Boom, Automobiles at record abundance and affordability.
Americans crashed their cars in heroic numbers. the fatalities and casualties added up.
not to mention the new easy availability of machine guns, machine pistols, and dynamite.
It was impolite to tell people to stop driving like assholes, or that they couldn't own machine guns. so, they outlawed alcohol.
The usual common denominator for doing this was wealth and mobility.
Cities where cattleworkers gathered to sell their cattle and pick up a fat payment.
Cities where fishermen or sailors gathered to pick up a paycheck.
Cities where lumberjacks gathered to collect their wages and spend them.
The proclivities of irish laborers on the canals and railways after they collected their pay mostly revolved around alcohol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navvies#Working_conditions_for_railway_navvies
America's great experiment with total Prohibition of Alcohol happened in the 1920s.
The primary impetus was wealth and mobility.
We had the post-Great War Boom, Automobiles at record abundance and affordability.
Americans crashed their cars in heroic numbers. the fatalities and casualties added up.
not to mention the new easy availability of machine guns, machine pistols, and dynamite.
It was impolite to tell people to stop driving like assholes, or that they couldn't own machine guns. so, they outlawed alcohol.