The prohibition era of gangsters and bootleggers has captured ourimagination. But what happened when government turned the taps back on?Dan Malleck shows that contrary to popular belief, post-prohibitionOntario was an age when the government struggled to please both the"wets" and the "drys." Rather than pandering totemperance groups, officials sought to define and promote manageabledrinking spaces in which citizens would follow the rules of properdrinking and foster self-control. The regulation of liquor consumptionwas a remarkable bureaucratic balancing act between temperance and itsdetractors but equally between governance and its ideal drinker.…mehr
The prohibition era of gangsters and bootleggers has captured ourimagination. But what happened when government turned the taps back on?Dan Malleck shows that contrary to popular belief, post-prohibitionOntario was an age when the government struggled to please both the"wets" and the "drys." Rather than pandering totemperance groups, officials sought to define and promote manageabledrinking spaces in which citizens would follow the rules of properdrinking and foster self-control. The regulation of liquor consumptionwas a remarkable bureaucratic balancing act between temperance and itsdetractors but equally between governance and its ideal drinker.
Dan Malleck is an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Brock University.
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Introduction: The Emergence of Liquor Control Bureaucracy in Ontario 1 Liquor Control Bureaucracy and the Mechanisms of Governance 2 The Public Life of Liquor, 1927-34 3 Idealistic Form and Realistic Function: Restructuring Public Drinking Space 4 Hearing the Voices: Community Input and the Reshaping of Public Drinking Behaviour 5 As a Result of Representations Made : Clientelism and the (Dys)function of Patronage in the LCBO's Regulatory Activities 6 Restructuring Recreation in the Drinking Space 7 Women, Children, and the Family in the Public Drinking Space 8 Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle : Regulating the Racial and Ethnic Outsider 9 Public Drinking and the Challenges of War Conclusion Appendix: The Communities Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction: The Emergence of Liquor Control Bureaucracy in Ontario 1 Liquor Control Bureaucracy and the Mechanisms of Governance 2 The Public Life of Liquor, 1927-34 3 Idealistic Form and Realistic Function: Restructuring Public Drinking Space 4 Hearing the Voices: Community Input and the Reshaping of Public Drinking Behaviour 5 As a Result of Representations Made : Clientelism and the (Dys)function of Patronage in the LCBO's Regulatory Activities 6 Restructuring Recreation in the Drinking Space 7 Women, Children, and the Family in the Public Drinking Space 8 Their Medley of Tongues and Eternal Jangle : Regulating the Racial and Ethnic Outsider 9 Public Drinking and the Challenges of War Conclusion Appendix: The Communities Notes Bibliography Index
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