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Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
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A “masterly study” of how the business of homemade liquor shaped the history and culture of a region (Journal of American History).

Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol—an integral part of daily life for many Appalachians—was banned.

Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia chronicles the social tensions that accompanied the region’s early transition from a rural to an urban-industrial economy. It analyzes the dynamic relationship of the bootleggers and opponents of liquor sales in western North Carolina, as well as conflict driven by social and economic development that manifested in political discord—and also explores the life of the moonshiner and the many myths that developed around hillbilly stereotypes.

“A much-needed contribution to our understanding of the complex social, economic, religious, and cultural issues underlying the prohibition impulse that swept the South between 1880 and 1920.” ―Journal of Southern History

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Release dateApr 22, 2011
ISBN9780813140094
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
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Bruce E. Stewart

BRUCE E. STEWART is an associate professor of history at Appalachian State University and the author or editor of several books, most recently Modern Moonshine: The Revival of White Whiskey in the Twentieth-First Century.

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