WGSS 123: Prohibition: Alcohol Politics in U.S. History

Cross Listed

WGSS 123

Credits 3
Attributes
Diversity Domestic,
Social Sciences
Between 1920 and 1933, the United States banned drinking or selling alcohol. This class explores the ideas about family, religion, sex, immigration, and race that led to Prohibition. It examines the nightclubs and organized crime networks that sold illegal liquor, and it shows why prohibition failed so quickly.