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Record #196784:
A dry vote within a frontier alcohol culture / Mary F. Ehrlander.
Title: | A dry vote within a frontier alcohol culture / Mary F. Ehrlander. |
Author(s): | Ehrlander, Mary F. |
Date: | 2011. |
In: | Pacific Northwest Quarterly. (2011.), Vol. 102(1) (2011) |
Abstract: | Examines historical background to 1916 referendum in which Alaskans votes by approx. two-thirds margin to "go dry". Argues that vote can be seen as apex of fervent, even evangelical, "Progressive Era" determination to enhance community well-being by ridding frontier of evils related to alcohol abuse, especially vice associated with saloons. |
Notes: | Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Vol. 102(1) :29-42 (2011). |
Keywords: | 323 -- Politics, internal. 324 -- Elections. 663.5 -- Alcoholic beverages. 93"191" -- 1910-1919. V -- History. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*49) -- Alaska. |
SPRI record no.: | 196784 |
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