Ken Burns: Prohibition - Region 1 DVD

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Description: Call Number: HV5089 .P763 2011 "Prohibition," a three-part documentary series, is the fascinating story of idealism, folly, and above all, unintended consequences. In 1920, after a century of debate, America amends the Constitution to ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol, turning millions of law-abiding citizens into lawbreakers overnight. Over the next 13 years, a society founded on individual freedom becomes a nation of scofflaws--and hypocrites. Here are the stories of the small-time whiskey-jobbers, big-time bootleggers, and brutal gangsters; flappers dancing the Charleston in speakeasies; immigrant fami ... (more)

Manufacturer: PBS (DIRECT)
Release date: 4 October 2011
EAN: 0841887014335 UPC: 841887014335

Tags: Social Sciences - Criminology (1), 10/11 (1)

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