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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

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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.
Autorenporträt
Dan Malleck is an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Brock University.