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Bootleggers and Borders
Stephen T. Moore
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The Paradox of Prohibition on a Canada-U.S. Borderland
出版U of Nebraska Press, 2014-11-01
主題History / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)History / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
ISBN080326786X9780803267862
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=D7FaBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Between 1920 and 1933 the issue of prohibition proved to be the greatest challenge to Canada-U.S. relations. When the United States adopted national prohibition in 1920Ñironically, just as Canada was abandoning its own national and provincial experiments with prohibitionÑU.S. tourists and dollars promptly headed north and Canadian liquor went south. Despite repeated efforts, Americans were unable to secure Canadian assistance in enforcing American prohibition laws until 1930.
ÊBootleggers and Borders explores the important but surprisingly overlooked Canada-U.S. relationship in the Pacific Northwest during Prohibition. Stephen T. Moore maintains that the reason Prohibition created such an intractable problem lies not with the relationship between Ottawa and Washington DC but with everyday operations experienced at the border level, where foreign relations are conducted according to different methods and rules and are informed by different assumptions, identities, and cultural values.
ÊThrough an exploration of border relations in the Pacific Northwest, Bootleggers and Borders offers insight into not onlyÊthe Canada-U.S. relationship but alsoÊthe subtle but important differences in the tactics Canadians and Americans employed when confronted with similar problems. Ultimately, British ColumbiaÕs method of addressing temperance provided the United States with a model that would become central to its abandonment and replacement of Prohibition.Ê