Scholarship

Scholarly Resources

Published Scholarship

 

Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol
Burns, Eric. 2010. Spirits Of America: A Social History Of Alcohol. 1 edition. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press.

The Saloon and the Mission: Addiction, Conversion, and the Politics of Redemption in American Culture
Cannon, Eoin F. 2013. The Saloon and the Mission: Addiction, Conversion, and the Politics of Redemption in American Culture. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era.
Funderburg, J. Anne. 2014. Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era.

Prohibition and Politics: The Life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr
Hohner, Robert A. 1999. Prohibition and Politics: The Life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press.

Organized for Prohibition: A New History of the Anti-Saloon League.

Kerr, K. Austin. 1985. Organized for Prohibition: A New History of the Anti-Saloon League. United States of America: Yale Univ. Press.

Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Kobler, John. 1973. Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York: Putnam.

“Prohibition Is Here to Stay”: The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America
Lantzer, Jason S. 2009. “Prohibition Is Here to Stay”: The Reverend Edward S. Shumaker and the Dry Crusade in America. Notre Dame, Ind: University of Notre Dame Press.

“Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites

———. 2015. Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites. Interpreting History. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State.
McGirr, Lisa. 2016. The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State. First Edition. New York: W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, Independent Publishers Since 1923.

Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search for Revenue and the Common Good.
McGowan, Richard. 1997. Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search for Revenue and the Common Good. Westport, Conn: Quorum Books.

Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd
Moger, Allen Wesley. 1968a. Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd, 1870-1925. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia [1968].

———. 1968b. Virginia: Bourbonism to Byrd, 1870-1925. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia [1968].

Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. 1998. Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940. Gender Relations in the American Experience. Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Okrent, Daniel. 2010. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. First Scribner hardcover ed. New York: Scribner.

Liquor and Anti-Liquor in Virginia, 1619-1919
Pearson, C. C., and J. Edwin Hendricks. 1967. Liquor and Anti-Liquor in Virginia, 1619-1919. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1967.

The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet
Peck, Garrett. 2009. The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press.

Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath
Slap, Andrew L., ed. 2010. Reconstructing Appalachia: The Civil War’s Aftermath. New Directions in Southern History. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky.

Prohibition and the Progressive Movement, 1900-1920
Timberlake, James Harfield. 1965. Prohibition and the Progressive Movement, 1900-1920. Cambridge: HUP.

Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia
Waller, Altina L. (Altina Laura). 1988. Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900. United States of America: University of N.C. Press.

Local Resources/State

The Heritage Museum, Dayton Virginia

Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University.
“Affidavits for Ardent Spirits Collection, 1916-1917”

Online Resources

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