Ernie Royer
Thesis proposals:
-Prohibition was a transformative period in American drinking culture. It facilitated the development of bars, paved way for organized crime, elevated cocktail craft, and redefined social drinking.
-Rather than eliminating drinking habits, Prohibition created a culture of professionalized bartending, introduced hospitality practices, and established trends that shaped a resurgence of American cocktail culture.
-The unintended consequences of Prohibition created an illicit demand for alcohol and organized crime, redefining the role of bartenders, the function of drinking spaces, the art of mixology, and laying the groundwork for the cultural template of modern American bars and restuarants.
*I am happy to rework my thesis, but would like to focus on the lasting effects of prohibition, I may or may not include the organized crime element in my essay.
Works for submission:
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, by Daniel Okrent, is about the public's shifting perception of alcohol during Prohibition. It includes why prohibition happened and its unintended consequences, discussing the nuances of how prohibition shaped American drinking culture for the long haul. This source is widely applicable to all of my proposed thesis’s. I plan on using this book to describe the underlying reasons for prohibition, why the movement gained traction, and what the movement was intended to do.
From Prohibition to Mixology: The Speakeasy's Role in Shaping Modern Cocktail Culture is an article discussing the temperance movement's role in prohibition, establishing an alcohol control system, the effects of prohibition on consumption, production, and distribution. The work is largely a lesson in creating good legislation for regulatory purposes. I plan on using this work to tie my essay into modern bar culture, consumption and distribution channels. This source will serve my essay as a way to site the lasting effects of prohibition on our culture.
Levine, Harry, and Craig Reinarman. “From Prohibition to Mixology: Lessons from Alcohol Policy for Drug Policy.” The Milbank Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 3, 1992. Millbank Memorial Fund.
Okrent, Daniel. Last Call. Simon and Schuster, 11 May 2010.
Thesis proposals:
-Prohibition was a transformative period in American drinking culture. It facilitated the development of bars, paved way for organized crime, elevated cocktail craft, and redefined social drinking.
-Rather than eliminating drinking habits, Prohibition created a culture of professionalized bartending, introduced hospitality practices, and established trends that shaped a resurgence of American cocktail culture.
-The unintended consequences of Prohibition created an illicit demand for alcohol and organized crime, redefining the role of bartenders, the function of drinking spaces, the art of mixology, and laying the groundwork for the cultural template of modern American bars and restuarants.
*I am happy to rework my thesis, but would like to focus on the lasting effects of prohibition, I may or may not include the organized crime element in my essay.
Works for submission:
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, by Daniel Okrent, is about the public's shifting perception of alcohol during Prohibition. It includes why prohibition happened and its unintended consequences, discussing the nuances of how prohibition shaped American drinking culture for the long haul. This source is widely applicable to all of my proposed thesis’s. I plan on using this book to describe the underlying reasons for prohibition, why the movement gained traction, and what the movement was intended to do.
From Prohibition to Mixology: The Speakeasy's Role in Shaping Modern Cocktail Culture is an article discussing the temperance movement's role in prohibition, establishing an alcohol control system, the effects of prohibition on consumption, production, and distribution. The work is largely a lesson in creating good legislation for regulatory purposes. I plan on using this work to tie my essay into modern bar culture, consumption and distribution channels. This source will serve my essay as a way to site the lasting effects of prohibition on our culture.
Levine, Harry, and Craig Reinarman. “From Prohibition to Mixology: Lessons from Alcohol Policy for Drug Policy.” The Milbank Quarterly, vol. 69, no. 3, 1992. Millbank Memorial Fund.
Okrent, Daniel. Last Call. Simon and Schuster, 11 May 2010.